P. M. BRIEFING : China Asks Help in Saving Ozone
China called today for an international fund to help the Third World join the fight to save the Earth’s protective ozone shield.
Developing countries urgently need cash and technology to begin using substitutes for ozone-destroying chemicals, Chinese Environment Commissioner Liu Ming Pu told a 120-nation conference.
“The developed world’s accumulation of a great amount of wealth was accompanied by the pollution and destruction of the environment,” Liu told the conference, which opened Sunday. “Now these countries can use past accumulated wealth to manage the environment. . . . Such is not the case for the developing countries.”
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