Last year, the U.S. joined the EU, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in pledging $450 million over the next three years to finance the phase-out of Ozone Depleting Substances. Last week, the U.S. was part of a group of countries proposing that the phase-out of HFC’s under the Montreal Protocol would be “the most cost-effective, achievable and near- term opportunity for significant GHG (Green House Gas) mitigation.”
SOURCE Environmental Investigation Agency
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