Ozone treaty taking a bite out of US greenhouse gas emissions
Monday, August 14, 2017 - 11:52
in Earth & Climate
The Montreal Protocol, the international treaty adopted to restore Earth's protective ozone layer in 1989, has significantly reduced emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals from the United States. In a twist, a new study shows the 30-year old treaty has had a major side benefit of reducing climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions from the US.