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Protecting Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer: A Success Story

September 16, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on Protecting Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer: A Success Story

“Forty years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today, in honor of the day in March 1985 when 28 nations agreed on the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the parent treaty behind the Montreal Protocol. […]

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Building a ‘World That Works for Women’

March 8, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Building a ‘World That Works for Women’

WASHINGTON, DC, March 8, 2021 (ENS) – “Simply put, our world does not yet work for women as it should,” Vice President Kamala Harris today told the European Parliament on the occasion of International Women’s Day, marked annually on March 8. The first woman in U.S. history elected to the vice presidency, Harris said, “…The question before us is simple. How do we build a world that works for women?” […]