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The scientific theory behind the entire environmental agenda pertaining to the atmosphere, since the late 1980's, has been the theory of a vulnerable ozone layer, subject to depletion by man-made chemicals and carbon dioxide, as evidenced by the "ozone hole" over the northern region of Antarctica. Yet this theory is discredited, if not dis-proven entirely, by this one simple statement:
"The severe depletion of the Antarctic ozone layer known as the “ozone hole” occurs because of the special meteorological and chemical conditions that exist there and nowhere else on the globe." - NOAA Chemical Sciences laboratory
This is wholly untrue. The ozone hole is a reality, it was growing and due to measures taken to reduce the release of the gases responsible the situation is recovering.
The idea that the layer was thinning “nowhere else” fails to deal with the fact that the extent was increasing. As we should expect since the atmosphere is not static.
The fact that it is free chlorine that causes the damage obviously negates the idea that simply counting the amount of chlorine released into the atmosphere that matters. It must be shown that that chlorine reaches the lower stratosphere in a form capable of causing harm. Volcanoes can cause some damage, but that does not last.
Also we must consider that the atmosphere is a dynamic system. Ozone is continually being created and destroyed - but increasing the rate of destruction runs the risk of upsetting the balance as clearly occurred.
Simply throwing unsubstantiated accusations in the face of the evidence is hardly a sign of good science. Again, the evidence speaks for itself. The hole was growing, after measures were taken to protect the atmosphere that stopped and the situation began to improve.
I suggest that your sources are desperate to discredit this environmental success because they prefer the dangers of climate change to the cost of working to mitigate it - even if that cost is not high.