Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Dinesh Prasad Chaurasia & Others Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 12/04/2024. The matter related to improper disposal of fly ash by the thermal power station run by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Kanti, Muzaffarpur, …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government will ensure that only recycled paper and stationery are used during the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The decision would be applicable to all functions and events, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Thursday at a function to celebrate International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer. …
Ahmedabad: Watch your usage of refrigerators and air-conditioners. As a byproduct, it releases cloro-floro carbon (CFC) that damages the protective ozone layer and inflicts ultra-violet rays that has side effects ranging from skin cancer to collapse of food pyramid. Gujarat Science City organised seminars and workshops to mark September 16 …
International efforts to protect the ozone layer-the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays-are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses and contributed to mitigating the greenhouse effect. The executive summary of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2010 provides new information about the …
Ahmedabad: If you want to leave green footprints and protect the ozone layer, you may want to replace the old refrigerator and air-conditioner, also use less lipsticks, body sprays and other cosmetics. Research has indicated that their usage releases ozone depleting substances. These chemicals make a hole in the protective …
The manual provides new approaches to prevent emissions of CFCs during the operation and servicing of equipment and catalogues steps to recycle the CFCs and retrofit the equipment. Developing countries, called Article 5 countries under the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer are also embarking on the …
In the polar tropospheric boundary layer, reactive halogen species (RHS) are responsible for ozone depletion as well as the oxidation of elemental mercury and dimethyl sulphide. After polar sunrise, air masses enriched in reactive bromine cover areas of several million square kilometers. Still, the source and release mechanisms of halogens …
Shweta Kamat PANJIM, APRIL 12 The extent of the much feared ozone depletion over Goa will now be known to researchers through a facility planned to come up at Vasco. Goa is one amongst the 20 stations, where the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune will spearhead the country
In the early 1970s, scientists warned that anthropogenic chemicals containing chlorine (Cl) would lead to destruction of stratospheric ozone (O3), the protective veil that reduces the amount of harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays that reach the Earth
Halogenated gases currently contribute 12% to overall radiative forcing. While actions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) are already addressing CFCs and HCFCs, atmospheric concentrations of some HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) are rising rapidly, by more than 23% each year. A global agreement to phase …
Focuses on the issue of phasing down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) use. It also provides a summary of the UN DPI non-governmental organization briefing on the ozone layer and climate change held on 18 June 2009, including presentations as well as the question and answer session held with ozone experts.
Pune Sixteen-year old Roopak Karulkar and 14-year-old Trupti Joshi from Pune are all set to participate in the much-talked-about United Nations' climate change Conference
India on Tuesday unveiled its roadmap for phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) by 2030 under the Montreal Protocol even as it sought the requisite technology and funds for it from the global community. HCFCs are chemicals now being widely used in refrigeration and air-conditioning in place of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), which cause …
India will phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), used for refrigeration and air-conditioning, by 2030 in line with the Montreal Protocol, a treaty to protect the ozone layer.
The consumption of HCFCs has grown at an average annual rate of over 11.3 per cent in the past 15 years ndia will phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by the year 2030. These chemicals are widely used in refrigeration and airconditioning systems and are major cause of global warming. While unveiling …
The most commonly-known f-gases are the early, so-called first generation F-gases: the CFCs that destroyed the ozone layer and were banned by the Montreal Protocol. However, in the race to save the ozone layer, the use of their second generation cousins was accelerated: HCFCs, now also banned under the Montreal …
The comprehensive road map for phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in various sectors as per the reduction targets of Montreal Protocol released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. India plans to cut the use of the HCFCs by 10 per cent by 2015 and then to zero by 2030. India …
