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, …
India might not be able to honour the international agreement to phase out the Ozone layer depleting chemicals in time as truck-loads of these deleterious substances are being smuggled into t he country mainly through porous Indo-Nepal border, according to a London based agency.India, committed to do away with ozone …
intense cold, sea spray and long dark winters are stripping toxic mercury from the atmosphere and pushing it into the fragile Arctic food chain where it is accumulating, new research suggests. The sudden burst of sunlight after long polar winters drives chemicals in sea salt to react with normally inert …
ozone remains one of the most perplexing air pollutants posing critical threat to human health. While stratospheric ozone 10 to 50 km above the earth's surface keeps declining, aggravating the problem of global warming, concentration of ozone in the troposphere upto 10 km above the earth's surface, also known as …
Fireworks that mark public leave the air pollutant ozone according to research conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru University , in India. Ozone in the lower atmosphere works as a respiratory irritant, a greenhouse gas and a plant toxin. Its production from oxygen in this part of the atmosphere was previously …
the atmosphere can no more cleanse itself naturally as well as it used to. Its ability to do so has weakened over the past decade, possibly because of a change in the mix of pollutants emanating from industrialised nations, report us -based researchers. Atmospheric levels of the atmosphere's main cleansing …
The international treaties for the protection of the ozone layer and the global climate are closely related. Not only has the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer served as a useful example in developing the international climate regime, but policies pursued in both issue areas influence each …
The most critical factor affecting ozone concentrations in cities is the amount drifting in from outside their boundaries, which means that it is beyond the control of local regulators, according to new research. The study from Ohio State University in the United States, which examined ozone pollution in over 300 …
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new guidelines which are designed to encourage state, local and tribal governments to make voluntary early reductions of air emissions that form ground-level ozone.
Time is running out for industries dealing with zone depleting substances to register themselves with the authorities. The deadline for industries using ozone depleting substances (ODS) in their products as well as dealers and importers to register themselves is July 19 this year.
Japan's House of Councilors on Friday approved a bill mandating the retrieval and destruction of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gases used in automobile air conditioners, industrial refrigerators and cooling systems.The law will ban emissions of three man-made gases- chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
In an effort to provide funding to industries which consume Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), the Ozone Cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has called upon all ODS consuming industries in the State to register themselves with the concerned authority before July 19, 2001 to enable them to switch …
The protective ozone layer over the North Pole appears to have stabilised after years of thinning UN weather experts report. But the gain may be temporary. Scientists from the World Meteorological Organization say the recovery may be attributed to a warmer than usual winter and the current peak in the …
Togo is planning to eliminate ozone-depleting substances (ods) by 2005 instead of the 2010 deadline set by the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol. This is the objective of the national sensitisation campaign launched by Koffi Adade, the country's minister of environment and forestry production. The campaign aims to sensitise …
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently launched the first ever online halon trading scheme. Halons are gaseous halogen compounds used to extinguish fires and they are three to 10 times more damaging to the ozone layer than chlorofluorocarbons. The online service seeks to promote responsible management of these chemicals on …
The destruction of the earth's protective layer over the Northern Hemisphere has been less than in recent years, but Unite Nations experts say that it is due to warmer temperatures rather than a drop in ozone-depleting chemicals.
smoggy air damages plants, causes leaf injury, adversely affects plant growth and reduces fruit yield. Air pollutants such as sulphur, fluorides, ozone affect forest ecosystems adversely. This book brings out 30-35 years of research experience of around 30 scientists who have studied the effect of pollutants on plant life. The …
Ozone-eating clouds that erode Earth's protection against ultraviolet radiation are born in thin rings of supercold air over the North and South Poles, scientists reported yesterday. The Sun's ultraviolet rays could cause skin cancer in humans and biological damage to other living things if Earth were not shielded by the …
The first ever online halon trading scheme, launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), should ease the international exchange of 'banked' halons, and reduce the use of newly-produced halons that damage the ozone layer, according to its developers.
godrej appliances limited (gal) has begun producing India's first refrigerator that uses hydrocarbons (hcs). The company carried out research for four years in coordination with the ministry of environment and forests and two companies based in Switzerland and Germany before launching their new product. The product was launched on January …
even small increases in the levels of air pollutant ozone may have an adverse effect on the health of children, causing them to miss school, a new report suggests. "We detected ill health effects in school children because of levels well below the current air quality standard for allowable levels …
