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, …
the Montreal Protocol may be doing wonders for healing the ozone layer over the poles, but it seems to have overlooked the problem in other places. According to a recent study, northern mid latitude stratospheric ozone levels will not recover to pre-1980 levels due to increasing levels of nitrous oxide …
The Ozone Cell set up under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has sought Goa government's cooperation in protecting the ozone layer by taking steps for phasing out Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) utilised largely by industry and commerce. The Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer was signed …
India is obliged under the Montreal Protocol to gradually stop the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which cause unimaginable damage by burning a hole in the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer. The industrialised countries have already phased out some of these substances. The first deadline for India …
When the time comes to phase out the manufacture of ODS in India, like other developing countries, the country has three options. They can either buy alternative technologies from the West or fund and develop indigenous alternatives or shut shop. Each ODS has a range of substitutes. CFC manufacturers can …
WHILE the manufacturers of ODS hit their first deadline as far away as 2010 for the users of these chemicals the clock is ticking at a much faster pace. Those using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in their products will have to stop selling, stocking, exhibiting for sale or distributing foam, refrigerators, mobile …
Piecing together clues from astronomy, paleontology and geology, some American scientists have proposed that an ancient supernova may have damaged the protective ozone layer around the Earth and wreaked havoc on terrestrial life. The researchers theorise that a group of young stars prone to short, cataclysmic lives passed relatively our …
An 'ozone hole' could form over the North Pole after future major volcanic eruptions, according to the cover story by a NASA scientist in edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Since the 1980s a seasonal ozone hole, characterized by severe loss of ozone, has appeared over …
Kansai Recycle System Corp., based in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, illegally released into the atmosphere 300 kg of chlorofluorocarbon gas stored in used air conditioners and refrigerators, the company admitted during a news conference. The firm was established in April by Sharp Corp., Mitsubishi Material Corp. and other home appliance makers …
The depleting level of ozone layer in the industrial pockets surrounding Delhi has alerted the Union environment ministry, which is a signatory to the Montreal Protocol. According to this agreement, all industries emitting substances prejudicial to ozone-layer are to be registered with the pollution control board of the concerned states …
Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, this week ordered an investigation into what is being described as a multi-million pound fiasco caused by ministers failing to prepare the country to comply with new EC regulations on the disposal of domestic fridges. From 1 January 2002, under EC regulation No 2037/2000 on …
Britain is turning into an old refrigerator dump because it lacks facilities to recycle them in line with new European rules, industry experts said. Since November alone, the old cooling appliances could form a line of metal stretching from London to Brussels. A 1998 European Union directive came into force …
The European Union is to clamp down on ozone pollution - the main component of smog which can be lethal to severe asthma sufferers - under new rules passed by the European Parliament. The EU assembly formally adopted a law which will require countries to ensure ozone levels do not …
Everyone agrees the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer signed in 1987 by 46 countries in 1987 and since ratifies by 175 Parties to the Protocol, galvanized the international community into action.Protecting the statospheric ozone layer is of such importance that countries committed themselves to a precise …
The ozone cell of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests will launch a campaign against the use of ozone depleting substances to create an awareness among people of the need to adopt alternatives to save mankind, Ms Usha Chandrasekhar, Director of the cell, said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu plans to train his Cabinet colleagues, MPs and MLAs in environmental matters phasing out of ozone layer depleting substances to be precise. Sources said the state government has drawn up an ambitious plan to protect the environment by involving everyone who matters in …
The ozone hole over the Antartic will now start shrinking, and will completely close over by 2050, say Australian scientists who've been monitoring and studying the worrying phenomenon since it was first detected 30 years ago. Their predictions are based on the results of atmospheric analyses conducted jointly by Australia's …
Leaked documents reveal that the Home Office is insisting its new Whitehall headquarters is fitted with an air conditioning system which has been officially criticised because of its damage to the environment. Confidential tendering documents for the building in Marsham Street, London, show the government will only consider bids to …
Scientists are quietly celebrating some good news about the global environment. Two studies published this week suggest that international action to protect the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is working. Atmospheric levels of ozone destroying chemicals, which are being phased out by the 1987 Montreal protocol, are beginning to …
Scientists are quietly celebrating some good news about the global environment. Two studies published this week suggest that international action to protect the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is working. Atmospheric levels of ozone-destroying chemicals which are being phased out by the 1987 Montreal protocol, are beginning to fall.
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica may close within 50 years as the level of destructive ozone-depleting CFCs in the atmosphere is declining, a leading atmospheric scientist said. Paul Fraser, with the Australia government's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), said he had detected a decline in …
