Sentence examples for cfc from inspiring English sources

Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), any of several organic compounds composed of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine.

Then a cheaper alternative to CFCs was invented, the 1987 Montreal Protocol banned CFC use and the ozone layer recovered.

The revisions were necessary because estimates were raised for the amount of chlorofluorcarbons (CFCs) that were still in use and for the future production of chlorodifluoromethane, a CFC substitute that also to some extent contributed to ozone depletion.

The CFC story started in 1974 with the publication by Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland of their conclusion that CFCs were migrating to the upper atmosphere and destroying the ozone layer.

Think of the speed with which nations have responded in recent years to threats such as terrorism, the impact of CFC gases on the ozone layer or avian flu.

This trade ban, says Duncan Brack of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, played a big part in persuading countries to sign the protocol and end CFC production.Luckily, so far no government has challenged the trade provisions of any MEA, but that luck may run out.

Televisa blamed an "editing error".A source says the presidency leant on the CFC (unsuccessfully, in the end) to approve Televisa's proposed acquisition of half of Iusacell.

The CFC recommends letting Mr Slim compete in television once he has relaxed his hold on the phone business.

Tinkering with transfer-pricing rules or CFC rules will not solve the problem.Taxing individuals poses less of a dilemma.

Some of these compounds, especially trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) and dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), found use as aerosol-spray propellants, solvents, and foam-blowing agents.

So the treaty included a fund to help to pay for the cost of switching to CFC-free technologies.