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30 June 2008

In this issue:
1- 'Planetary Sunshade' Could Strip Ozone Layer by 76%
2- NEA Trains Banjul Refrigeration Technicians
3- Most Retailers Replacing R-22 Refrigerant: SN Survey
4- Zero CFC Emission by 2010
5- Zayed Award: Winners Announced (4th Cycle 2005-2007)
6- First Ozone Prosecution in New Zealand
7- DuPont Raises R22 Prices again

GLOBAL
1- 'Planetary Sunshade' Could Strip Ozone Layer by 76%
Source: NewScientist.com news service, 24 April 2008, Catherine Brahic, http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn13773-planetary-sunshade-could-strip-ozone-layer-by-76.html

AFRICA
2- NEA Trains Banjul Refrigeration Technicians

Source: The Point, Gambia News, 24 June 2008, By Yai Dibba http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/6/24/nea-trains-banjul-refrigeration-technicians

NORTH AMERICA
3- Most Retailers Replacing R-22 Refrigerant: SN Survey
Source: Supermarket News (SN), 9 June 2008, By Michael Garry, http://supermarketnews.com/news/r22_refrigerant_0609/

SOUTH ASIA
4- Zero CFC emission by 2010 - Retrofitting workshop in Thimphu
Source: Kuensel Online, 19 June 2008, By Samten Yeshi http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10601

WEST ASIA
5- Zayed Award: Winners Announced (4th Cycle 2005-2007)

Learn more at: http://www.zayedprize.org.ae/zayedprize/index.aspx
Read more at: http://www.albawaba.com/en/main/229130/&searchWords=zayed%20prize

PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES
6- First Ozone Prosecution in New Zealand
Source: The New Zealand Herald, 19 June 2008
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517279

EUROPE
7- DuPont Raises R22 Prices again

Source: ACR-news.com, 11 June 2008,
http://www.acr-news.com/news/news.asp?id=898&title=DuPont+raises+R22+prices+again

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>> FEATURED
EVENTS
> 40th Meeting of the Implementation Committee under the Non-compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol, Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 July 2008
> 28th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , Bangkok, Thailand, 7-11 July 2008
Source: UNEP, Ozone Secretariat,
http://ozone.unep.org/Events/meetings2008and2009.shtml

READING
>Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at its twenty-eighth meeting - Corrigendum (E)
>28th OEWG - Side Events
>Issues for discussion by and information for the attention of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at its twenty-eighth meeting A| C| E| F| R| S
>High Growth Reported for the World HVAC Equipment Market, a new market research report related to the Industrial equipment industry World HVAC Equipment Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p090370/World-HVAC-Equipment-Market.html

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