News on the environment isn't always bad; Thanks to a ban on CFCs, the ozone layer will soon mend. It could offer a model for tackling climate change.(USA) From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: October 4, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the world of environmentalism, things can often seem rather bleak. Rare species from Barrow to Borneo are likely going extinct before they are even discovered. Rain forests are shrinking. Greenhouse gases, it sometimes seems, are turning the atmosphere into a giant toaster oven.

Then came the news late last month: According to Australian scientists, the hole in the ozon...

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