[CaptRon]

Bush did it.

[steveo]

we're all gonna die :(

[jimkress]

[Cindy]

Aljazeera = Mass Media for the Moronic Masses.

[CobraJet]

So the Clean Air Act of 1990 did us no good? Banning Freon and other things haven't helped? Who is going to tell the democrats that their environmental programs don't work?

[My2Cents]

Finally, a hole big enough to drive Wesley Clark's ego through.

[microgood]

Haven't they heard duct tape will patch up anything?

[RightWhale]

Tell Aljazz the ozone hole has increased in size due to the combustion of the Kuwaiti oilfields and the World Trade Center and some SUVs in the dealer's lot in California.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Dogs and cats living together; mass hysteria.....

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

If this is what the enviromentalists are claiming then none of the enviromental policies or clean up efforts work,Therefore WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME AND MONEY?Not to worry,the whole movement has been making these wild claims for decades and its all A HOAX!

[Imal]

Worse, the size of the hole has not decreased despite reductions in ozone-depleting chemicals.

Maybe because they have little or nothing to do with it. I notice the article does not mention ozone depletions from natural causes, such as volcanic activity, at all.

Could there be a reason why they are not reporting the most significant reason for ozone depletion in this alarmist piece?

Complete recovery of the ozone layer will require the enforcement of international agreements for many years to come.

Yes, there is, and here is the agenda behind the article. Apparently, more money needs to be made off the CFC scare, and Al Jazeera is on board with that "noble" cause.

Billions of dollars in private profits from government-enforced environmental mandates only go so far. We need to keep the gravy train running, people!

[24Karet]

What about all those countries who DO NOT have any environmental regulations or emissions standards. What about those countries who are still using regular-leaded gasoline? What about all those terrorists and miscreants who are bombing the oil piplelines in Iraq?

But, I wouldn't be suprised if they tried to blame US.

-- 24Karet

[Jaded]

Three times the size of the United States, the ozone hole has continued to grow over the last few weeks and is set to reach a maximum size in late September.

The consequences are likely to be serious and far-reaching.

Can it wait until next weekend, I have a long weekend coming up and I don't have time for this "serious and far-reaching" nonsense.

[BeerSwillr]

Complete recovery of the ozone layer will require the enforcement of international agreements for many years to come. I doubt that. It's part of a natural cycle and will recover on it's own. Silly alarmists.

[Truth666]

The most disturbing about this is not that you're getting a WMO press release via Al-Jazeera.
The most disturbing about this is not that the WMO press release announces a record level size.
The most disturbing is that the infamous WMO press release 697 this time doesn't reveal the data about

the severity of the depth of the depletion.

500 years after the discovery of America ... entering again uncharted territory.