Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Issues Executive Order to reduce government use of ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [The First 100 Days Of The Administration Of President Clinton] Reference
Present and future trends in the atmospheric burden of ozone-depleting halogens. From Wordnik.com. [Future changes in ozone in the Arctic] Reference
The use of ozone-depleting substances leads to destruction of stratospheric ozone. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6] Reference
That same pattern unfolded when the EPA proposed phasing out ozone-depleting CFCs. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams: The Clean Air Act at 40: Still Vulnerable to Polluters' Falsehoods] Reference
Approved the introduction of more than 300 alternatives to ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [President And Vp On Environment And Public Health] Reference
Approved the introduction of more than 300 alternatives to ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [Fact Sheet On Protecting Our Ozone Layer] Reference
The reduction in the emission of the stratospheric ozone-depleting substances has been impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference
U.S. companies like Du Pont first commercialized substitutes for ozone-depleting coolants and aerosols. From Wordnik.com. [Greenest Nation] Reference
What made CFC-11 so harmful to the environment is its ozone-depleting potential of 1.0, on a scale of 0-1. From Wordnik.com. [CFC-11] Reference
Study on the monitoring of international trade and prevention of illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference
Last week brought more bad news: NASA announced the highest levels of ozone-depleting chemicals ever measured. From Wordnik.com. [More Bad News In The Air] Reference
Successfully phased out CFCs (chloroflourocarbons) by 1996 and other major ozone-depleting substances by 1994. From Wordnik.com. [Fact Sheet On Protecting Our Ozone Layer] Reference
Consumption of all ozone-depleting substances, 1986-2004 (Thousands of metric tons of ozone-depleting potential). From Wordnik.com. [Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)] Reference
This knowledge has led to international agreements that limit the production and use of ozone-depleting chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [John Gibbons Testimony Before House Science Committee] Reference
Of course, this recovery depends entirely on the success of management and regulation of ozone-depleting substances. From Wordnik.com. [Scenarios of projected changes in the four ACIA regions for 2020, 2050, and 2080] Reference
The Order also calls for the federal government to phase out purchasing of certain ozone-depleting substances by 2010. From Wordnik.com. [Vp On Greening The Government] Reference
But the problem of illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances involving Chinese firms has been very difficult to solve. From Wordnik.com. [One Lifeboat~ Chapter 3] Reference
For instance, ozone-depleting substances (ODS), which are also greenhouse gases, are regulated under the Montreal Protocol. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 8] Reference
Most African countries have taken the opportunity to eliminate ozone-depleting substances (ODS) through national action plans. From Wordnik.com. [Threats to atmospheric resources in Africa] Reference
The scientists also agreed at Würzburg to assign a weight to each individual chemical according to its ozone-depleting potency. From Wordnik.com. [Science, diplomacy, and the Montreal Protocol] Reference
The main exceptions are HCFCs (transitional replacements for CFCs, with much lower ozone-depleting potentials) and methyl bromide. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference
It also is critical that the United States support efforts by developing countries to phase out their use of ozone-depleting chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Statement By President On Montreal Protocol On Ozone Layer] Reference
South Africa has completely phased out the use of ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and carbon tetrachloride. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY ARENDSE DURING THE BUDGET VOTE DEBATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM] Reference
Experts say that ammonium perchlorate has an ozone-depleting potential as high as other chemicals scheduled for phaseout by the year 2000. From Wordnik.com. [A Major Polluter?] Reference
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting substances (ODS) include a range of industrial chemicals first developed in the 1920s. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference
Since that agreement, developed countries have virtually eliminated ozone-depleting substances, and the developing world is not far behind. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)] Reference
And the United States can agree to observe international agreements to limit the amount of ozone-depleting chemicals released into the air. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Al Gore] Reference
This is a bad assumption, given false comfort by the Montreal Protocol treaty, which took this approach to successfully rein in ozone-depleting gases. From Wordnik.com. [We Need a Global Carbon Tax] Reference
In making its request, South Africa had agreed it would not revert to using ozone-depleting products (ODPs) that it had already phased out, such as CFCs. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Britain got in trouble earlier this year when it had no plant capable of stripping out the ozone-depleting CFC foam from old fridges, as required by law. From Wordnik.com. [A Junk Heap To Cherish] Reference
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) have decreased over the last 20 years, yet the concern about the state of stratospheric ozone still persists. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference
Methyl bromide which is currently being replaced by phosphine for the fumigation of stored cocoa beans has been identified as an ozone-depleting substance. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural pesticide contamination] Reference
South Africa's climatologists are recording a decline in the growth-rate of most harmful, ozone-depleting gases in the atmosphere, the weather service said on Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Just six months later, scientists confirmed that the Antarctic phenomenon was in fact caused by CFCs, and momentum grew for a total phase-out of ozone-depleting chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer] Reference
As a result of this global agreement, industrialized countries have ceased or reduced the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 24- Environmental Laws and Regulations] Reference
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