Montreal Protocol human health. A 2015 report by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the protection of the ozone layer under the treaty will prevent over 280 million cases of skin cancer, 1.5 million skin cancer deaths, and 45 million cataracts in the United States. However, the hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, are now thought to contribute to anthropogenic global warming. On a molecule-for-molecule basis, these compounds are up to 10,000 times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide. The Montreal Protocol currently calls for a complete phase-out of HCFCs by 2030, but does not place any restriction
The Rise and Fall of English Montreal The Rise and Fall of English Montreal The Rise and Fall of English Montreal is a 1993 Canadian documentary film directed by William Weintraub and produced by the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. The film deals with exodus of English-speaking Quebecers that began in the 1960s and was accelerated by the Quebec general election, 1976. The film includes interviews with English-speaking professionals and students that are preparing to leave Montreal, joining an exodus of 300,000 anglophones that left the province in the last two decades. This exodus is reflected in over 100 English-speaking schools that have closed in