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![]() by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2021
US President Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to ratify an international treaty amendement that aims to reduce human-made chemicals that damage the Earth's protective ozone layer. Biden urged the Senate to back ratifying the 2019 Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which has been signed by 124 countries and pushes for reduction of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a group of super-pollutants responsible for degrading the ozone layer that helps protect the Earth from the sun's damaging rays. The amendment, which the United States played a central role in drafting, calls on states to reduce HFCs, which are widely used in refrigerators and air conditioning units, by 85 percent by 2036. Despite the US role in drawing up the amendment, Washington did not ratify it itself after the administration of former president Donald Trump administration reversed US rules to slash use of the chemicals. "Ratification by the United States would advance US interests in remaining a leader in the development and deployment of HFC alternatives, ensuring access to rapidly growing refrigeration and cooling markets overseas and stimulating US investment, exports, and job growth in this sector," a letter signed by Biden said. The treaty will require the backing of two-thirds of the Senate to pass.
![]() ![]() How the ozone hole influences Antarctic Ice Venice, Italy (SPX) Oct 29, 2021 The ozone hole doesn't just affect the health of human, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. It also affects environmental chemical processes at the South Pole. This has been demonstrated by an international research team coordinated by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR-Isp) and Ca' Foscari University of Venice. They studied for the first time, the effects of ozone depletion on iodine trapped in Antarctic ice. The results of the study, which also involved research ... read more
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