When global action on the environment works

Good news: the hole in the ozone layer is finally starting to heal

Nut graf:

Sometimes the world really can get together and avert a major ecological catastrophe before it's too late. Case in point: A new study in Science finds evidence that the Earth's protective ozone layer is finally healing — all thanks to global efforts in the 1980s to phase out CFCs and other destructive chemicals.

Some welcome good news on the global environment, and a reminder that countries really can work together to solve problems.

My understanding is that this is unrelated to CFCs and is a function of normal atmospheric cycles which we still don't fully understand.

if the government had just stayed out, the Invisible Hand© would have solved the issue even sooner.