Steyn said CFC-driven equipment would be refitted to run on HFC chemicals, which are ozone-friendly. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Urging fellow MPs to buy ozone-friendly products, she said failure to do so would leave the world without an ozone layer. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Firstly, the CFCs which deplete ozone, and also some of their ozone-friendly replacements, are greenhouse gases and so also contribute directly to global warming. From Wordnik.com. [Climate change FAQs] Reference
"The 6.8 tons of Lag's have been sent to a disposal facility in order to be destroyed in a manner that is ozone-friendly and fully compliant with environmental regulations.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That's why, instead of demanding that Coca-Cola have ozone-friendly refrigeration at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, Greenpeace worked out a program to have it ready by Athens in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [Pin-Striped Protesters] Reference
Steyn said since the issue of ozone depletion had been brought to the public's attention, CFC-driven aerosol product manufacturers had been pressured into finding ozone-friendly substitutes. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The department said although most refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment could be fitted to operate with new ozone-friendly replacements known as hydrofluorocarbons, this would be very expensive. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A new class of ozone-friendly molecules called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) replaced them. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] Reference
An ozone-friendly replacement gas is now used in Europe - but that gas causes global warming. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report] Reference
CFC inhalers are being replaced by inhalers powered by HFAs, or hydrofluoroalkanes, which are ozone-friendly. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon] Reference
An ozone-friendly replacement gas HFC - is now used in Europe but that gas is a potent greenhouse gas which means it contributes to global warming. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Kyoto may push factories to pollute more-UN report] Reference
But that gas is a byproduct of an ozone-friendly refrigerant, HCFC-22, which those chemical makers also are paid to produce under the U. N.'s ozone treaty. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
This is just one example of how NOAA also monitors the abundance and impacts of more ozone-friendly substitutes as they become more popular in the marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [New from the CCSP's Participating Agencies] Reference
While the nylon fabric is not totally waterproof, it is fairly resistant, and when treated with Scotchguard (or its ozone-friendly 3M equivalent) holds up well to a pretty thorough soaking. From Wordnik.com. [Kit Up] Reference
But unfortunately there was a catch, because despite being ozone-friendly and nice to their mothers, HFCs are massively powerful greenhouse gases - in some cases thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide. From Wordnik.com. [Greenpeace UK - Comments] Reference
But Micronesia has called that promotion "irresponsible," since HFCs, like CFCs, are powerful climate-warming chemicals - up to 10,000 times more so than carbon dioxide - other climate and ozone-friendly alternatives are available for use. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
The Aston Hotel and Residence Braga's public relations manager, Diah Suhandi, said the initial step carried out by the hotel was to replace its air-conditioners with those using ozone-friendly refrigerants and installing AC timers and water heaters. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
I would like to leave with you a simple thought gleaned from the successful Montreal Protocol to the Vienna Convention on the Ozone Layer, pursuant to which developed countries undertook to provide funding to enable developing countries to utilize ozone-friendly and sophisticated technologies and substances. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Stories] Reference
Through its meticulous monitoring of the atmospheric composition and scientific expertise in understanding processes and modeling, as well as the search for ozone-friendly alternatives, NOAA has and continues to provide much of the global scientific foundation for understanding the ozone layer and its changes. From Wordnik.com. [New from the CCSP's Participating Agencies] Reference
A companion study calculated that use of popular ozone-friendly replacements, HFCs, is likely to increase so fast (for air-conditioning and other applications) that they could become major contributors to global warming in the coming decades - perhaps contributing 20% of the man-made greenhouse by 2050. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
I'm tired of sifting through the "eco-safe" claims of products as diverse as cleansers, cars and cookies: recycled, recyclable, reusable, organic, all-natural, environmentally friendly, environmentally preferable, environmentally safe, biodegradable, compostable, ozone-friendly, zero-carbon, carbon-neutral … the list is limited only by the imaginations of the marketing geniuses who developed it. From Wordnik.com. [I’m So Tired Of Being Green] Reference
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