Holes In The Ozone Treaty
In other Septembers, that might have been just a throwaway line. But now it looks as if not everyone is obeying the rules. According to a report last week by the environmental group Ozone Action, there is a thriving black market in CFCs, in which importers bring tons of the chemicals from Europe into ports ranging from Newark to Miami. Most of the illegal CFCs wind up with auto air-conditioner rechargers, says the EPA’s Tom Land....