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Radiation   North America Collaborates to Reduce and Replace
Potent Greenhouse Gases / Canada, Mexico work with U.S. to
strengthen measures to fight climate change  Release Date:
05/06/2010 Contact Information: Dave Ryan 202-564-7827
202-564-4355 Cathy Milbourn 202-564-7849 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON - Canada and Mexico have joined the United States in
proposing to expand the scope of the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to fight climate change.
The proposal would phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which
are a significant and rapidly growing contributor to climate
change. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led the
analysis in the proposal, which demonstrates environmental
benefits equal to removing greenhouse gas emissions from 59
million passenger cars each year through 2020, and 420 million
cars each year through 2050. Reducing HFCs would help slow
climate change and curb potential public health impacts.  Dur