What is the Montreal Protocol?

Question

What is the Montreal Protocol?

A. A US law that helped protect our drinking water supplies by setting maximum contaminant levels.
B. An important piece of international legislation in which many countries agreed to reduce and eventually stop the production of ozone-depleting gases.
C. A law passed by several countries in order to reduce the production of sulfur dioxide and other acidic chemicals to stop acid rain.
D. An international law by which many nations have agreed to drastically cut their production of green house gases.
E. An international agreement to protect endangered species and prohibit deforestation in areas with high biodiversity.

Answer 1

C. The Montreal Protocol dealt with the problem of acid rain - particularly because air pollution from industry in the United States causes acid precipiation to fall in Canada.