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, …
After an initial delay, the Union environment ministry has finally come out with comprehensive rules to regulate the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) over the next decade or so, bringing India in line with its international obligations.
One of the largest investigations into Ozone depletion over ther Arctic has increased concerns of prolonged thinning of the earth's protective layer, according to a study. The study, sponsored by the European Union and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), found cumutative Ozone losses of over 60 per …
North Europeans face increased risk of skin cancer and eye cataracts after record losses in Arctic ozone levels, found by a team of international scientists. The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, said the team had detected ozone losses of 60 per cent at altitudes of around …
Unusual cold and a sharp loss of ozone in the Arctic stratosphere over the winter just past have heightened concern that changes in global climate may delay recovery of the earth's partly depleted ozone layer, scientists said yesterday. In three of the last five winters, stratospheric temperatures in the Arctic …
There is fresh evidence that the ozone layer is thinning over the UK and northern Europe. Scientists are alarmed by the depletion, which was previously thought to be a problem mostly confined to the southern hemisphere. Ozone protects the Earth from the sun's ultra-violet radiation, and doctors are concerned that …
Fire extinguishers, aerosol cans and car air-conditioners might eventually stop perforating the skies above us if the government follows through on its plan to regulate the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) over the next decade or so. After an initial delay, the Union Environment Ministry seems set finally to …
Following two winters of low ozone loss in the stratosphere, the Arctic is likely to have experienced record ozone destruction. The ozone layer thins out during spring but so far has never disappeared. Ozone losses of more than 60 per cent have occured at altitudes of around 18 km. This …
NASA researchers say the ozone layer over the Arctic may not be recovering as fast as predicted from damage it has suffered. More clouds than anticipated are forming in the stratosphere high over the North Pole, causing additional ozone loss over the Arctic, according to a paper published in the …
The ozone layer that protects life on Earth may not be recovering from the damage it has suffered over the Arctic region as quickly as scientists previoulsy thought, according to a paper published in the May 26 issue of the journal Science. More polar stratospheric clouds than anticipated are forming …
Worried over the increasing smuggling and illegal imports of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) into the country, especially from the Nepalese border, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has urged the Finance Ministry ot initiate control measures.
Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties have the worst ozone air pollution in the Washington area and are among the worst in the United States, a study released today by the American Lung Association said. Anne Arundel ranked 11th-worst among 678 counties monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency nationwide, based …
Despite curbs on production and consumption of the chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) and other ozone depleting substances (ODSs), these are arriving in India on a large-scale from across the bordering countries largely because of lax security checks.
Smugglers have the Union environment ministry worried. But the issue this time is not the trade in wildlife or forest products. Instead, it is ozone-depleting substances(ODS). Officials say smuggling of ozone-eating gases from Nepal and Bengladesh, into India, has been noticed over the past few months and could well assume …
Japan's Meteorological Agency says that the extensive forest fires of Indonesia are hastening the process of global warming by increasing ozone levels in the atmosphere. A study conducted by the Agency's research institute at Tsukuba, east of Tokyo, sampled and measured greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by the massive fires using …
The Environment Ministry has taken yet another step towards the phasing out of the environmentally-harmful Ozone Depleting Substances(ODS) from India, by notifying a set of rules to regulate and control their use. The new rules includes a set of deadlines for the phasing out of each of the substance.
The government has notified the long-awaited regulatory measures to control the uses and production of ozone depleting substances (ODS) like chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) as required under the Montreal Protocol to which India is a party.
the ozone hole above Antarctica may not be damaging life in the ocean below. A team of researchers led by Kevin Arrigo of Stanford University in California, usa , has concluded that increased ultraviolet radiation has hardly affected marine plankton, the base of the ocean's food web. The team has …
Your refrigerator could be too hot for you in a few years from now. Indian refrigerators use CFCs, HFCs or HCFCs are coolants and insulation lining producing substances to maintain low temperature. CFCs are highly ozone depleting and are required to be phased out by the refrigeration and air-conditioning sectors …
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has branded McDonald's and Coca-Cola 'dirty' Olympic sponsors. Greenpeace spokesperson Corin Millains said that the companies planned to use global-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in their refrigeration systems at Olympic venues in contradiction of the guidelines for the Sydney games. "They have forgotten about the green games in their …
