U.S. SPEEDS PHASE-OUT OF CFCS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 12, 1992                   TAG: 9202120256
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
U.S. SPEEDS PHASE-OUT OF CFCS
Alarmed by forecasts of a new ozone hole, President Bush changed course Tuesday and announced a significant speedup in the phase-out of ozone-destroying chemicals by American manufacturers.
Bush said the United States would phase out production of ozone-damaging chemicals, mainly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), by the end of 1995, five years earlier than an international treaty pledges.
The president urged other nations to follow suit.
Bush had been under pressure from environmentalists to accelerate the phase-out, particularly after the findings of increased levels of ozone-depleting chemicals. - Associated Press

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB