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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Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: progress report 2015
The Parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three Panels of experts. One of these is the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with two focal issues. The first focus is the
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Maldives looks to ban anti-ozone substances
The Maldives parliament accepted the Bill on Protection of the Ozone Layer and submitted it to an interim committee for review Sunday. The Bill was accepted with 61 of the 65 members present voting
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Visit Meenakshi temple to study ozone layer: NGT to MoEF
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests for suggesting that ozone depletion is an international issue and asked its officials to visit Meenakshi Temple in Madurai
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Synthesis of the 2014 reports of the scientific, environmental effects, and technology & economic assessment panels of the Montreal Protocol
Research published at a meeting of the Montreal Protocol in Dubai reveals the serious human health and economic consequences averted by concerted and coordinated global action on the protecting the ozone
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Ozone Depletion May be Caused By Common Chemical Coolants
It turns out that common chemical coolants actually lead to ozone depletion. The coolants, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), contribute by a small amount, which counters a decades-old assumption about
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Ozone pollution in Delhi crosses permissible limit again
Surface ozone pollution in Delhi has crossed the permissible limit, for the second time in a year, with experts blaming weak monsoon for the phenomenon. Though the ozone layer limit in Mumbai and Pune
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High ozone levels raise alarm
With densely-populated areas in the city, especially Punjabi Bagh and R.K. Puram, showing high levels of ozone, environmentalists and doctors have expressed their concern over their adverse effect on children,
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New technology, research needed to fight climate change: Prakash Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday pitched for new research and technology to combat the affects of climate change. "If human intervention has caused climate change, with human intent
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Delhi will record world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution
In another 10 years, Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world. However it will be another Indian city - Kolkata that will
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Javadekar stresses on research to combat climate change
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research. "If human intervention has caused climate change, with human