Friday, September 21, 2012

We Saved The Ozone Layer. We Can Save The Climate

ThinkProgress: Climate change is not the first planetary pollution crisis we have faced. That distinction belongs to the depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. This Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the world's most successful environmental treaty, the Montreal Protocol. That's the treaty that saved the ozone layer, saved millions of lives, and avoided a global catastrophe. We too often take the rescue of the ozone layer for granted. A whole generation has grown up not hearing...

URL: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/21/890571/we-saved-the-ozone-layer-we-can-save-the-climate/?mobile=nc
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