Ozone Update

Our very first news story 1,000 programs ago was about atmospheric ozone depletion. Living on Earth looks back at some of the skepticism surrounding the discovery of the ozone hole, and how prompt international action helped the problem.

As Living on Earth airs its 1,000th program this week we take a look back at the very first news segment on ozone depletion from 1991. Host Steve Curwood talks with environmental journalist Dianne Dumanoski about the near miss of an ozone catastrophe and how to apply lessons learned then to today’s struggle to deal with climate change.