Alliance Head Urges Pruitt and Tillerson to Honor Montreal Protocol
Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy’s Kevin Fay cites numerous benefits to U.S.
The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy has sent letters to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging that the United States uphold its commitments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol that was adopted in October 2016.
Under the Kigali Amendment, developed countries — including the U.S. — will begin to reduce their use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 2019 while developing countries will begin in either 2024 or 2028. The agreement is designed to reduce HFC use by 85 percent between now and 2047.