HFCs don’t thin the ozone layer, but they are greenhouse gases. The Montreal protocol is about ozone depletion — can it really be used for global warming as well? Like EPA’s abuse of the Clean Air Act for greenhouse gases, the Montreal Protocol is being similarly expanded. Continue reading
Category Archives: Ozone depletion
Claim: Upper atmosphere winds changing — global warming to blame
The study authors claim that the alleged phenomenon could slow recovery from the non-crisis of ozone depletion. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
EPA-endorsed glue doesn’t hurt the ozone — just workers
While ozone repairs itself naturally, it’s a different story for heavily exposed workers. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, OSHA, Ozone depletion
New study reveals gas that triggers ozone destruction; Climate models in error
“Our research reveals an important negative feedback for ozone – a sort of self-destruct mechanism.” Continue reading
Posted in Ozone depletion
Antarctic ozone hole closes early this year
“Despite a 25-year-old agreement that limits the production and use of ozone-destroying chemicals (the Montreal Protocol), stratospheric ozone in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, as well as globally, is no longer decreasing, but it has not yet started to recover either.” Continue reading
Posted in Ozone depletion
Asthma inhaler bill fails — in House!
The bill to put back on store shelves Primatene Mist failed in the House yesterday by a vote of 229-182. Big Pharma apparently convinced enough Republicans that asthma inhalers ought to be less accessible and more expensive.
Posted in Ozone depletion, Pharmaceuticals
Effort to Curb Dangerous Coolant Falters, Sometimes at Home
Is your HVAC tech simultaneously causing ozone depletion and global warming? [NYTimes]
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
You’d think Molina would keep a very low profile after the ozone debacle
I guess this is to be expected – Molina was integral to the Montreal Protocol nonsense, which was kind of a stalking horse for Kyoto and the climate crap. One pretend problem or two, what’s the difference? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
Tagged climate fraud, climate hysteria, dioxycarbophobia, weather superstition
Increased UV radiation: a hidden driver of marine declines?
Again with the old “ozone depletion” crap. Stratospheric ozone is seasonal, highly volatile and dynamic – it is also constantly created as well as destroyed by solar radiation. Continue reading
Posted in Junk scientists, Ozone depletion
Skin cancer identified for the first time in wild fish populations
Oh good grief. This item claims Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is “directly beneath the world’s largest hole in the ozone layer“. Horse spit!
As this Mines ParisTech / Armines 2008 map of the surface irradiation in UV (280 – 400 nm) for a day averaged over fifteen years (1990-2004), expressed in J/cm², clearly shows it is regions with clear air and minimal cloud cover that receive the most UV. There is no GBR “ozone hole” but simply minimal air pollution. Note the similarity with this map of mean irradiance.
“Ozone hole”. Sheesh! Continue reading
Posted in Junk scientists, Ozone depletion
People fell for the Montreal Protocol so, try tying warming to people’s cancer fears – that’ll get ‘em
“Climate concerns – Harvard researchers find link between climate change, ozone loss and possible increase in skin cancer incidence“
At first I thought this might be a spoof in The Onion or something but apparently this lot take themselves seriously. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
Tagged climate fraud, irrational fears, weather superstition
‘Go Out in the Sun!’ Majority of Germans Lack Sufficient Vitamin D
A new report finding that a majority of Germans lack sufficient vitamin D has set off a debate in the country between dermatologists and nutritionists, who recommend a simple, natural remedy for gaining more of the essential vitamin: sunshine. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Ozone depletion
Tagged ozone depletion, ozone fraud, ozone hysteria, ozone scam, UV hysteria
Carbon price to drive gasses action
The federal government’s emissions pricing scheme will drive down the use of gases that have more than a thousand times greater impact on global warming than carbon dioxide. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax, Climate Change, Ozone depletion
Tagged climate fraud, climate hysteria, greenhouse gas emissions
Relief in Every Window, but Global Worry Too
Elizabeth Rosenthal and Andrew Lehren manage to squeeze in two of humanity’s most absurd fears into this one: “ozone depletion” and “global warming” Continue reading
Zac Goldsmith: climate change pushes other issues off the agenda
Tory MP says issues like pollution, and biodiversity have been dropped while economic reform has fallen off agenda Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology, Chemophobia, Climate Change, Corp. Harassment, Eco-terrorism, Environmentalism, Ocean Acid., Overpopulation, Ozone depletion, Sustainability
Tagged anti development, climate hysteria, eco loons, eco-mania, ecochondria, gaia cranks, gaia worship, greenie obstructionists, hatred of humans, insane greens, irrational fears, nature superstition
The Secret Life Of California’s World-Class Strawberries
California’s fields are stunningly productive. They yield ten times more strawberries, per acre, than strawberry farms in Michigan; twenty times more than farms in the state of New York. And there’s a complex web of reasons why. Continue reading
Climate change ‘is harming eye health’
Ozone depletion, global warming, why the heck not – throw ‘em all in (must be a research grant in there somewhere). Just a small problem – they’re dead flat wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
Tagged absurd accusations, climate hysteria, implausible claims, irrational fears
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Search for alternative to methyl bromide continues unabated
It’s a sad irony that for years growing a healthy strawberry conventionally has required methyl bromide, a chemical so harmful it has been banned by international treaty because it is destroying the Earth’s ozone layer. Continue reading
Luboš Motl: Ozone Hole And Global Warming: Evolution Of An Alarm
Steven Goddard at real-science.com is posting lots of old newspaper articles with scary predictions we already know to be wrong. Continue reading
Exclusive: British polar research in crisis
This piece again wrongly claims the “ozone hole” was discovered in 1985, which is complete nonsense Continue reading
