Chinese companies apparently broke an international ozone agreement. What happens next?

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By Greta JochemJul 11, 2018, 6:49 pm292 pts
The Montreal Protocol is hailed as a major climate victory. The 1987 international agreement completely phased out ozone-damaging chemicals like CFC-11 — formerly used as a refrigerant — and likely saved the ozone layer from complete collapse. Imagine the surprise, then, when National Oceanic and…

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