Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pankaj Srivastava Vs Birla Carbon India Private Limited dated 24/07/2023. The grievance in the application is violation of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 by Birla Carbon plant in Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh. It is alleged that the unit …
While it was a strong steady breeze which allowed Delhiites to breathe easy on Diwali night as it swept away the smoke emanating from the fire-crackers, the Delhi Government on Friday could not resist taking credit for the reduction in air pollution levels. Seeking to credit the fall in air …
The pollution level during Diwali has been falling since last 10 years, claimed environment secretary of Delhi government Keshav Chandra on Thursday. Mr Chandra said that the positive results surfaced because of the chief minister’s appeal for better air quality during Diwali. “The concentration level of pollution shows substantial decrease …
CPCB figures indicate lesser pollution, govt claims it is due to anti-cracker campaign Increased awareness and favourable meteorological factors have led to a decrease in overall air pollution this Diwali compared to last year’s figures, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has said. Sustained anti-fire-cracker campaign initiated in Delhi has …
The new station to come up in Anand Vihar With the Capital's ambient air quality approaching its crunch time during Diwali, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has decided to add one more ambient air monitoring station to its existing five. “The new station that is due to come up in …
Always on the cutting edge, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, has set his company on a course towards further sustainability. Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced plans to fly commercial routes on a waste-based, synthetic gas fuel rather than typical jet fuel. The reconstituted fuel will produce half the …
CHENNAI, 10 OCT: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready for the launch of PSLV-C18 scheduled at 11 a.m. on 12 October from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The launch will be the twentieth flight of India's more successful Polar Satellite launch vehicle (PSLV). The 50-hour …
Dust levels have gone up in mixed urban pockets Bangalore: Residential and commercial areas are more polluted than industrial areas in the City, which has the highest levels of both air and noise pollution. According to a study by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), dust levels with chemical …
More Cars On City Roads May Choke You The past few years have seen more and more fourwheelers and two-wheelers zipping across the city roads. But, surprising as it may sound, this trend may affect our health in the long run. An IITR report on air quality, released on Sunday, …
In probably the first such large-scale study of its kind, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the ministry of health proved that bidis and other forms of tobacco (supari, gutkha, among others) are more harmful than cigarettes. The study had a follow-up period of 5.5 years with as …
VEHICLES and fuels must be seen as a system and not in isolation. Even a clean fuel like CNG may emit high air pollutants if the vehicle engine technology is inefficient to burn the fuel. This is the message from the first detailed testing of CNG three-wheelers in Delhi by …
- Plans to build a single system to check multi-gas harmful emissions Ranchi, May 6: Mecon has developed a system that monitors noxious nitrogen oxides in air, a breakthrough it achieved after two years of painstaking research. In the presence of senior company officials, including CMD A.K. Ghosh and a …
Environment and Forest state minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the countries responsible for high rate of carbon emission should compensate countries like Bangladesh for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Based on its review of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide (CO), EPA is proposing to retain the current standards. EPA is also proposing changes to the ambient air monitoring requirements for CO including those related to network design.
The seasonal variability of biomass open burning activities in the Greater Mekong sub-region (GMS) with focus on carbon monoxide (CO) and total particulate matter or aerosol (TPM) emissions was investigated in order to document the characteristics of this significant source of air pollutants in the region.
Fortunately for us, carbon monoxide (CO)—a toxic gas—is a very minor constituent of the atmosphere. It is produced by incomplete burning of fossil fuels and biomass (such as dry leaves and wood) and by the oxidation of methane and other volatile hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6011/1636.summary
We present a 650-year Antarctic ice core record of concentration and isotopic ratios (δ13C and δ18O) of atmospheric carbon monoxide. Concentrations decreased by ~25% (14 parts per billion by volume) from the mid-1300s to the 1600s then recovered completely by the late 1800s. δ13C and δ18O decreased by about 2 …
Nitric oxide reductase (NOR) is an iron-containing enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) to generate a major greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O). Here, we report the crystal structure of NOR from Pseudomonas aeruginosa at 2.7 angstrom resolution. The structure reveals details of the catalytic binuclear center. The …
This report presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from risks due to a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered in this review, i.e. benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, naphthalene, nitrogen dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (especially benzo[a]pyrene), radon, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, have indoor sources, …
New Delhi: The biggest worry for Delhi as far as air pollution goes seems to be carbon monoxide, followed closely by particulate matter. The first day of the air pollution monitoring and forecasting system, which has been set up specially for the Commonwealth Games, threw up these results on Thursday. …
Deaths in Moscow have doubled and are now averaging 700 people a day amid a sweltering heat wave and poisonous smog from wildfires, a top Russian health official said Monday.Scorching heat and acrid smoke blanketed Moscow as smog from raging forest and peat fires shrouded Russia