Blended green fuel in Capital by next year
HYTHANE TO IMPROVE VEHICLES
HYTHANE TO IMPROVE VEHICLES
HEALTH HAZARD: Discarded footwear and garbage smouldering at a vacant site off Pollachi Main Road on Tuesday. People complained that smoke from the dump affected visibility on the road.
Alka Kshirsagar Pune, Sept. 1 The streets that have hitherto been the preserve of the notorious
In recent years, the large scale urbanization, industrialisation and associated environmental alteration and its impact on biodiversity pose a threat to human existence through basic necessities, recreation and the ecological functions.
The present paper deals with the effect of polluted air on the chlorohyll content of mosses, namely Barbula consanguinea Jaeg., Ceratodon stenocarpus B.S.G. and Physcomitrium japonicum (Hedw.) Mitt. growing in the vicinity of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Unchahar, Rae Bareli.
The South Asia Environment Outlook 2009 covers the state and trends of the environment (land, air, water, biodiversity) and five key issues - Climate Change, Food Security, Water Security,
There is growing interest in disentangling the health effects of spatially clustered social and physical environmental exposures and in exploring potential synergies among them, with particular attention directed to the combined effects of psychosocial stress and air pollution.
Jharia and Dhanbad can finally hope to have clean air if the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board is able to implement a comprehensive plan it has chalked out to improve the air quality of the twin cities of the coal belt.
Los Angeles: The future of wind farms and hybrid cars may well hinge on what happens to a 55-acre hole in the ground at the edge of California
Decreasing exposure to airborne particulates was previously associated with reduced age-related decline in lung function. However, whether the benefit from improved air quality depends on genetic background is not known. Recent evidence points to the involvement of the genes p53 and p21 and of the cell cycle control gene cyclin D1 (CCND1) in the response of bronchial cells to air pollution.
Most initiatives to slow global warming involve reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Little attention has been given to reducing emissions of the light-absorbing particles known as "black carbon" or the gases that form ozone--even though doing so would be easier and cheaper and have a more immediate effect.
<p>People burn crackers world over on different occasions in different countries to express their happiness. Fireworks in large amounts aggravate the level of air pollutants and cause significant short-term air quality degradation with possible impact on human health.
A solution that detects minute presence of ozone, even in cells ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays. But when in the troposphere, near the ground level, it acts as a pollutant. Though it is not emitted directly, emissions from car engines or industrial operations react to form ozone. Inhaling it can irritate the respiratory system, worsen bronchitis
Kolkata residents can breathe easy: The Supreme Court refused to stay an order banning 15-year-old commercial vehicles from Kolkata roads. Calcutta High Court had directed the old vehicles should be phased out by July 31 saying citizens have the right to breathe pollution-free air. The Bengal Bus Syndicate had approached the Supreme Court seeking extension of the July 31 deadline. The West
A nano-sensor that works on the olfactory principle THE human nose has inspired a team of researchers to create a similar device that smells the presence of toxic chemicals in the atmosphere. The human sensor coordinates signals sent by thousands of sensory neurons to detect smells. The sensor, in this case, is a silicon chip which consists of nickel oxide nanoparticles acting as the
Company increases effluent outlets instead of plugging them THE Orissa state pollution control board has issued notice to the Jharsuguda unit of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (val), a subsidiary of the mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc, after inspections revealed the company
Aug. 28: In what may provide some succour for passengers who are physically disabled or are aged, the railways have decided to allow private parties to run battery-operated vehicles for free at the platforms of major railway stations in the country. The vehicles, once introduced, should hopefully help the elderly and the disabled and make their passage upto their train somewhat comfortable.
New Delhi, Aug. 28 The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, at the 49th convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, said that the Indian automobile industry would move to mandatory fuel-efficiency standards in the next two years.
Thousands of workers are demanding Peru's government save their jobs at a shuttered metals smelter high in the Andes, even if it means delaying a cleanup at the plant that has turned their town into one of the most polluted places on earth.