https://archive.ph/DKHpc
"WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve an international climate
treaty for the first time in 30 years, agreeing in a rare bipartisan deal to
phase out of the use of planet-warming industrial chemicals commonly found in
refrigerators and air-conditioners.
By a vote of 69 to 27 the United States joined the 2016 Kigali Amendment, along
with 137 other nations that have agreed to sharply reduce the production and
use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs. The chemicals are potent greenhouse gases,
warming the planet with 1,000 times the heat-trapping strength of carbon
dioxide.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, called the ratification
“a historic step forward to combating global warming in a huge way.” He
predicted that the vote may count as one of the most important bipartisan
accomplishments during this Congress. Twenty-one Republicans joined all present
members of the Democratic caucus to approve the treaty, including Senator Mitch
McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader.
“Ratifying the Kigali Amendment, along with passing the Inflation Reduction
Act, is the strongest one-two punch against climate change any Congress has
ever taken,” Mr. Schumer said, referring to last month’s passage of the
nation’s first major climate change law, which pumps $370 billion into
expanding wind and solar energy and electric vehicles.
If the Kigali pact is successfully implemented, scientists estimate it would
prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius, or roughly 1 degree Fahrenheit, of warming
by the end of this century. At this stage in the planet’s rapid warming, every
fraction of a degree makes a difference."
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Future Crunch Sep 23, 2022:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-aids-ocean-indonesia-clean-air-spain/>
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