Article: KENNEDYS FIGHT BAN ON INHALERS LEGISLATION INTENDED TO PROTECT OZONE LAYER.(News/National/International)

Article: Roundup: Protecting ozone layer remains tough task
Xinhua News Agency;  September 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: Protecting ozone layer remains tough task by Wang Jingzhong ... despite good signs of recovery, the ozone layer will remain particularly vulnerable ... human-influenced disturbances on ozone layer, the Earth's protective shield ...

Article: ozone layer
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...ozone layer or ozonosphere, region of the stratosphere ... above the earth's surface. Ozone in the ozone layer is formed by the action of solar ultraviolet light on oxygen. The ozone layer prevents most ultraviolet (UV) and other ...

Article: ENVIRONMENT: CRISIS OVER DAMAGE TO OZONE LAYER
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 16, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... century because of damage to the earth's ozone layer, scientists say. Biologist Sergio ... told IPS that the deterioration of the ozone layer, caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs ... International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, declared in 1995 by the United Nations ...

Article: ENVIRONMENT-BOLIVIA: MINI-HOLE IN OZONE LAYER OVER ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... IPS) -- A "mini-hole" in the ozone layer over the area of Lake Titicaca and a ... local residents. The depletion of the ozone layer in the area was discovered by the Atmospheric ... that studies found a mini-hole in the ozone layer over the area of Lake Titicaca -- which ...

Article: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone ...
Manila Bulletin;  September 16, 2005 ;     655 words ... ... time had come to stop destroying the ozone layer. The decision by nations to commit ... Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Today, 184 countries have ratified the Protocol. The ozone layer acts like a giant umbrella over the ...

Article: SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT PRESENTS STATUS, EXPECTATIONS FOR ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... NOAA-led assessment of the global ozone layer says the U.S. has reduced by 97 ... into expectations for recovery of the ozone layer in a changing climate, as well as the ... of - the chemicals that deplete the ozone layer. The ozone layer, which surrounds ...

Article: Stabilization of ozone layer made possible by ...
M2 Presswire;  September 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2002-UN: Stabilization of ozone layer made possible by collaboration of all ... International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on 16 September: This year marks ... committed themselves to preserving the ozone layer. In the years since these milestone ...