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Article: Scientists savor air of relief: 20 years ago, accord reached on ozone layer.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- September 14, 2007
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Byline: Sandy Bauers
Sep. 14--On Sunday, scientists and policymakers from around the world will gather in Montreal to celebrate an international agreement from 20 years ago that addressed perhaps the first global environmental issue of our age: the hole in the ozone layer.
The hole still exists. Indeed, last year it was the biggest ever, spreading across more than 10 million square miles above Antarctica. Scientists do not expect it to recover for at least a half-century.
But the agreement, the Montreal Protocol, nonetheless has been hailed as an environmental success and a possible template for how global warming can be addressed.
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