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In "one giant swoop," over 170 countries agreed to cut a planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators
Saturday, October 15, 2016 1:07 AM EDT

Negotiators from more than 170 countries on Saturday reached a legally binding accord to counter climate change by cutting the worldwide use of a powerful planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators.

The talks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, have not drawn the same spotlight as the climate change accord forged in Paris last year. But the outcome could have an equal or even greater impact on efforts to slow the heating of the planet.
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