February 28, 2007 GCRIO Program Overview Our extensive
collection of documents. Archives of the Global Climate Change
Digest A Guide to Information on Greenhouse Gases and Ozone
Depletion Published July 1988 through June 1999 FROM VOLUME 1,
NUMBER 5, NOVEMBER 1988 EPA CALLS FOR COMPLETE PHASEOUT On
September 26, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Administrator Lee M. Thomas stated the 50 percent reduction in
production of chlorofluorocarbons and restrictions on halons
specified by the Montreal Protocol is insufficient to protect
the ozone layer. An EPA report released the same day (see
REPORTS, this Global Climate Change Digest issue--Nov. 1988)
concludes there will still be growing chlorine and bromine
levels in the stratosphere under the protocol, and a complete
phaseout of damaging chemicals is necessary to stabilize
stratospheric ozone levels. Thomas urged rapid ratification of
the protocol, and cooperation to achieve further reductions
under its provision for taking into account emerging scientif