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Nations to Stem Growing Crisis Spurs Action by Civic Leaders Launch Effort to Save Ozone: Inability of Delegates at Irvine Conference
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Irked by stumbling internationalefforts to stem a growing atmosphericcrisis, leaders from two dozen U.S. cities launched a grassroots campaign Friday in Irvine to restrict compounds that destroythe Earth's protective ozone layer.
Officials from · cities across the nation expressed hope that they can work on the municipal level to vanquish a foe that has so far confounded nations.
The assorted city council members and civic administrators are expected today to adopt a two-page "Stratospheric Protection Accord" calling on local governmentsthroughout the United States, Canadaand other foreign countries to approve policies banning ozonedepleting compounds.