India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Ozone Layer
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Arctic stratosphere ozone hole is much bigger now
Ozone losses of more than 60 per cent have occurred in the Arctic stratosphere near 60,000 feet in one of the coldest winters on record. This is one of the worst ozone losses at this altitude in the
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Rules framed for ozone depleting substances
The ministry of environment and forests has framed the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation) Rules 2000, covering various aspects of production, sale, reclamation, destruction, export and import of
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EU dumps ozone depleting chemicals; prices fall
Faced by the December 31, 2000 deadline for clearing ozone depleting chemicals from all of Europe, manufacturers of these hazardous chemicals from UK as also entire European Union are said to be
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Pollution set to rip gaint hole in ozone layer
Scientists are warning that the biggest hole in the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere will appear this spring. It is likely to trigger public alerts against going out in the sun without
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The Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000
These rules may be called The Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
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CFCs fuel black market
A flourishing black market in chlorofluorocarbons is undermining international efforts to restore the ozone layer, an expert has warned.Paul Fraser, a senior principal research scientist with CSIRO
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India gets $82 m grant to help phase out use of CFCs
India will phase out the production of ozone-depleting substances such as chloro-fluorocarbons(CFCs) with the help of a $82 million grant provided by the multilateral fund for the implementation of
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New ban on ozone-depleting substances comes into force
Immediate bans on the sale and use of ozone-depleting substances across Europe came into place on 1 October. The new legislation covers hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chloroflourocarbons (CFCs),
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Ozone hole leaves Chile City exposed
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has stretched over a city for the first time, after ballooning to a new record size, New Zealand scientists report. Previously, the hole had only opened
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Ozone hole in Antarctica now stretches to populated city
The hole in the Ozone layer over Antarctica has stretched over a populated city for the first time, after ballooning to a new record size, New Zealand scientists have said.Previously, the hole had