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 hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is growing at an unprecedented rate and could reach a record depth this year, United Nations meteorologists said on Friday. The findings of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) come two weeks after the U.S. space agency NASA said the largest hole ever …
The Executive Committee of Montreal Protocol has approved an assistance of $82 millions to India for phasing out the production of ozone-depleting Chloro-fluoro-carbons(CFCs0. The assistance is being provided from the Multi-Lateral Fund for cessation of production of ozone-depleting substances.
The health of the ozone layer, particularly over the tropics, has to be studied because the layer is "minimum" over India;there's an ozone dip according to Kalipad Chatterjee of Development Alternatives. Chatterjee made the point at a discussion on "Ozone depleting substances, Rules and Phaseout Projects", organised at the UN …
Four leading chloro flouro chlorine (CFC) manufacturing Indian bigwigs have embarked on a $82 million project for switching over to the production of non-ozone depleting substances (ODS) in order to comply with the Montreal Protocol. The project would be funded multilaterally by UNDP, UNIDO, World Bank and UNEP in order …
According to NASA, the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic is three times bigger than the entire land mass of the US, the largest size ever observed. The hole, or what scientists call the 'depletion area', had expanded to 28.3 million square kilometres by September 3, though its …
An Arkansas bakery has agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine for violating the Clean Air Act regarding the protection of the stratospheric ozone.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on 11 September that Meyer's Bakery, based in Little Rock, had agreed to the largest settlement in the history of …
The Montreal Protocol has cleared a compensation of $80 million to four Indian companies, including SRF Ltd and Gujarat Fluorocarbons, for phasing out manufacture of ozone depleting cholro fluorocarbons products.
The recent satellite observations of the sunlit portion over Antarctica shows an alarming 30 per cent decrease in the total amount of ozone layer, according to the UN world meterorological organisation.
China has stepped up its efforts to cut production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in a bid to protect the ozone layer and fulfill its international obligations. The Chinese government has approved earlier this month the revised edition of China's National Action Agenda to phase out ODS, issued six …
Record low air temperatures high above the Arctic this winter are set to create the northern hemisphere's largest ever ozone hole says a report in New Scientist. "The system is primed for ozone destruction," Neil Harris, head of the European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit in Cambridge.
The ozone layer over Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia has dwindled to worrying levels nearly as low as those found in the Antarctic, the European Space Agency (ESA) said yesterday.
europe's forests are deteriorating at an alarming rate despite measures to reduce air pollution, says a new report. About 35 per cent of trees assessed throughout Europe can be classified as "healthy,' about 40 per cent are in the "warning stage,' while about a quarter of trees are rated "damaged,' …
The Union government and the United Nations Development Programme signed an agreement in New Delhi to channel nearly Rs 11 crore of aid money to 20 private firms for eliminating the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in the products these companies make.
India and some of the developing nations, stung by the lopsided technology transfer rules imposed by the West under the Montreal Protocol on ozone layer protection, are now trying to negotiate the terms in their favour. At the forthcoming talks in November, India would seek easier promotion of indigenous technologies …
Los Angeles has long been the most polluted city in the US, but Houston appears poised to take over that dubious title. City officials said that Houstan has had 44 days in 1999 where ozone levels exceeded federal health standards, compared to 43 for Los Angeles, marking the first time …
Citizens in most European Union countries were exposed to dangerous levels of the harmful gas ozone during the summer of 1999,according to data released by the European Commission yesterday. The situation was particularly severe in Italy and Greece as well as a zone running between Britain, the Benelux countries and …
The M55-Geophysica spyplane was once the pride of the Soviet secret services, unknown outside intelligence circles and unlisted in aircraft reference works. But the hush-hush high-altitude aircraft has come out of the shadows, if not out of the cold. The M55 will this month complete a series of scientific flights …
Finally there is some good news for environmentalists. Latest images provided by Nasa show the disturbing and potentially harmful hole in the ozone layer is shrinking. While the hole is still a worrying 9.8 million square miles big, the images show the atmospheric layer that protects the Earth from the …
WHILE the deadline for developing countries to freeze the production of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) and halons ended, negotiations on the Montreal Protocol, which was signed in 1987, are expected to hot up once again at a meeting to be held in Beijing in November this year. Developing countries were to freeze …
