This page houses two years of archived press releases and news coverage featuring EIA’s Global Climate campaign to phase out, and end illegal trade in, industrial gases that act as global warmers and deplete the Earth’s protective ozone layer. For campaign visuals please click on the photos and videos icon above.




Sydney Morning Herald: Answer to hot air was in fact a chilling blunder,
December 18, 2007
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Globe and Mail.com:  Cool Air on the Hot Seat,
December 15, 2007
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IPS News Agency: Ozone Deal to Cut Down CO2 Emissions,
October 31, 2007
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Science: Tougher Ozone Accord Also Addresses Global Warming,
September 28, 2007
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Council on Foreign Relations: Montreal Protocol’s greenhouse effect,
September 24, 2007
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New Scientist Tech: The Last ozone-destroying chemicals to be phased out,
September 21, 2007
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ACR News: EIA scoops two gongs for undercover spywork,
September 21, 2007
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BBC News: More progress urged on ozone hole,
S eptember 17, 2007
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ACR News: China's customs officers go back to school to learn to detect CFC12,
May 22, 2007
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Point Carbon: UN calls for expert opinion on tackling emissions from new HCFC22 capacity,
May 18, 2007.
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The New York Times: Push to Fix Ozone Layer and Slow GlobalWarming,
March 15, 2007
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DNA: Environmental group calls for accelerated phase-out of HCFCs,
March 8, 2007
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IPS: UV Radiation, the Dark Side of the Sun,
January 9, 2007
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GreenBiz.com: Chemicals Trapped Between Treaties Undermine Progress on Climate,
November 13, 2006
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Malaysia Star: “Aggravating Agents”
November, 2006
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Inter Press Service: 60 Years to Restore Ozone Layer Over Antarctica
Sep 25, 2006
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Associated Press/ABC News: Ozone-Friendly Chemicals Lead to Warming
August, 2006
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This story also picked up in over 100 outlets including: The Miami Herald (front-page article), The Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, CBS News, Discovery Channel, Fox News, Kansas City Star, Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, The Washington Post.

Ozone-Friendly Replacement Gases Will Be Disastrous For Global Warming, Warn Experts
July 9, 2008
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Environmentalist Applaud US Proposal to Speed Phase-Out of Chemicals Harmful to Ozone Layer and Climate
March 16, 2007
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Governments Urged to Use Ozone Treaty to Buy Time Against Global Warming
March 6, 2007
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Chemicals Trapped Between Treaties Undermine Progress on Climate
November 11, 2006
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Ozone Treaty Sounds Alarm on Global Warming Gas
November 3, 2006
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Ozone-Friendly Alternatives Intensify Global Warming
August 21, 2006.
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Strawberries Linked to Skin Cancer as Monterey Bay Strawberry Festival Approaches
August 4, 2006
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Strawberries Linked to Skin Cancer During Melanoma Awareness Month
May 3 2006 
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The Environmental Investigation Agency Wines Award for Protection of the Ozone Layer
May 26, 2006
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Maximizing the Climate Benefits of Actions taken under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: Testimony of Allan Thornton, President, EIA, with support from the Institute from Governance and Sustainable Development, for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform… May 23,2007 [ read more ]

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