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Cory Booker: In 1987, the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer, everyone said, the economy would be destroyed and jobs would…

On the recordJune 17, 2014
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer, everyone said, the economy would be destroyed and jobs would be the cost.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker points out that the Montreal Protocol did not harm the economy as predicted.

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