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Sweet XVI
Pope lauds Montreal Protocol, Vatican aims for carbon neutrality |
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17 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Sep 2007 The Montreal Protocol turned 20 this weekend -- and you forgot to get it a gift, didn't you. As nearly 200 nations convene this week to discuss the protocol, which has been successful in spurring an international phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals, it has been lauded by no less a person than Pope Benedict XVI, who declared on Sunday, "In the last two decades, thanks to an exemplar ... |
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