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, …
Talks aimed at preventing a breakdown of the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, usually seen as the world's most successful environmental treaty, start in Montreal. The meeting will attempt to break the deadlock over a US request to continue widespread use of methyl bromide, a powerful ozone depleting fumigant.
The United States is seeking to make more American farmers and industries exempt from a treaty that will ban methyl bromide, a popular pesticide that damages the earth's protective ozone layer, Bush administration officials said. Last year, the administration sought to exclude a variety of farmers and food producers from …
Pakistan minister of State for Environment Maj Tahir Iqbal (retired) has called upon the developed nations to share their experiences with developing countries and help them initiate effective measures for checking Ozone-layer depletion. He was speaking at the open ceremony of the three-day Regional Meeting of South Asia Network Countries …
The second-largest extinction in the Earth's history, the killing of two-thirds of all species, may have been caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun after gamma rays destroyed the Earth's ozone layer. Astronomers are proposing that a supernova exploded within 10,000 light years of the Earth, destroying the chemistry of …
Kamalakshan Kokkal, principal scientific officer, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), has stressed the need for technological conversions in the industrial sector to avoid Ozone depletion. Inaugurating a workshop on
A Uttar Pradesh State-level seminar was organised by the Environment department at Ganna Sansthan on the occasion of World Ozone Layer Conservation Day. The seminar which was organised on the topic
The World Wide Fund for Nature in collaboration with the City District Government Karachi on Thursday held a training workshop for teachers and students to increase their contribution in preservation and upgrading of nature. The programme marked the World Ozone Day, which falls on September 16. Pakistan observes the day …
International Ozone Layer Day would be observed all over the world. A cell set up in the environment ministry and public sector organizations working for the environment would hold various programmes to create awareness among the people about ozone depletion. Recent studies indicate an increasing connection between dangerous diseases like …
Europe and the United States have clashed again over international environmental standards, this time regarding controls on the use of methyl bromide, a pesticide that can deplete the ozone layer. This happened at a meeting of parties (mop) to the Montreal Protocol (it governs the use, worldwide, of ozone depleting …
Illegal trade of ozone-depleting substances (ods) is rising despite the deadline for zero production and consumption of such chemicals drawing closer. These are the findings of a survey conducted by Environment Investigation Agency (eia), a uk-based lobby group. The eia survey particularly reports about the trends in the illegal trade …
American industrial giant Honeywell has blasted the European Commission (EU) over a proposal to give almost 50 foam manufacturers permission to use an HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon) banned under the UN Montreal protocol on ozone layer depletion. Under a draft EU decision that could win member state backing this month, the firms …
Manav school, New Rajedra Nagar organised various events on September 9 and 10 to coincide with the International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on September 16. The school co-ordinated the show for the Central Zone in reference to a letter sent from the National History, Ministry of …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which is implementing the country's ozone-depleting substances (ODS) phase-out programme, is arming border enforcement agencies with hi-tech identifiers imported from Germany. These identifiers, once installed at border customs points, will trigger an alarm if a gas cylinder containing the harmful CFC (chlorofluoro carbon) …
The National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics (NACEN), in close co-ordination with the Ozone Cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is organising a three-day national workshop in Darjeeling from December 1 to sensitise customs and other law enforcement officers around the country on ODS (ozone depleting substances) …
The seasonal "ozone hole" over the South Pole has disappeared again after reaching record size earlier this year, U.N. officials said. The hole is a thinner-than-usual area in the protective layer of gas high up in the Earth's atmosphere. It has been forming in the extremely low temperatures that mark …
Strawberries and tomatoes were at the heart of an international disagreement threatening the global treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer. Californian strawberry farmers left a meeting in Nairobi of parties to the Montreal Protocol saying they would be pressing Congress to approve legislation flouting parts of the environmental treaty.
Ozone found inside human bodies could be a crucial aggravator of the hardening of arteries, which can result in heart attack and has been linked to diseases such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, says a study out this week. Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute, California, discovered last …
Scientists have long identified forests as a potential buffer against rising concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main smokestack and tailpipe emission linked by most scientists to global warming. Trees sop up the heat-trapping greenhouse gas through photsynthesis and stash it in soil. The more carbon dioxide there is in air, …
Experts from the United Nations Environment Programme are scheduled to visit the Capital later this month to help prevent global exchange of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS). The visit comes after the UNEP signed an MoU with the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) towards effective monitoring of ODS …
The Antarctic ozone hole is bigger than it has ever been at this time of the year, threatening populated regions of South America and New Zealand with harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation. Last year's hole was smaller than those recorded over the previous decade, leading to hopes that the protective …
