In this issue: 1- Why Is the Ozone Hole Growing? 2- Environmentalists Call on European Countries to Stop Producing Ozone-Destroying Chemicals as Ozone Hole Approaches Record Size 3- Mexico Beats Deadline for Eliminating Ozone-Depleting Chemicals 4- Nigeria makes progress in ozone layer preservation 5- Farmers phasing out methyl bromide (USA) 6- Shenzhen to be awarded for ozone efforts 7- Two UN projects for Protection of Ozone Layer (Oman)