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, …
Just when we thought that the threat to the ozone layer is over, it rears it head again. Vast forest fires in Indonesia over the last year have produced a large cloud of an ozone-destroying chemical, claims an international team of researchers. Methyl bromide, an agricultural fungicide targeted under the …
Commerce Ministry to allocate import quota : Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce has invited applications from importers interested in importing ozone depleting substance (ODS) since its import is subject to approval under the environment protection laws. The Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development has drafted guidelines for the import …
This year's Antarctic ozone hole is persisting for longer than those in recent years, according to scientists. Researchers from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that the hole covered five million square miles throughout the second half of November. The hole may reach the tip of South America as it …
Many atmospheric scientists say there is a misplaced popular perception that the problem of CFCs and ozone depletion has been solved by a series of international agreements. In reality it will be many decades before the back-slapping can begin. A 1998 World Meteorolgical Organisation paper concluded that the ozone layer …
A World Bank team is arriving New Delhi on December 7 for an appraisal of the financial requirement to swtich over to friendly technology by the industries producing choloroflurocarbons (CFC) and other ozone depleting substances within the timeframe set under the Montreal Protocol of 1987.
Twenty five new Indian projects will get grants from the Montreal Protocol's multilateral fund to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons(CFC) and other ozone depleting substances in the 1999-2010 timeframe.The Protocol's executive committee (Excom) approved $5,277,204 as grant for these projects at its three-day meeting held in Montreal from July …
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is the size of Europe and could grow even larger in the coming months,a World Meteorological Organisation expeert said on Wednesday.
NAAS: The methane emissions from rice fields in the country, often cited by western critics to be accelerating to global warming, in reality contributed an insignificant percentage, a national conference has said. Experimental data presented at the discussion on 'Climate Change and perspective for agriculture', organised by the National Academy …
Bromine from sea salt destroys low- level ozone in the Arctic, says a German scientist. Chain reactions triggered by bromine oxide are known to destroy ozone. Thomas Wagner of the University of Heidelberg has used satellite data to find high levels of bromine oxide close to sea ice, suggesting that …
The United States Environmental Agency (EPA), a state-funded American environment agency has honoured the "Eco-Frig" project in India for its exemplary work to safeguard the ozone layer. The "Eco-Frig" project is a joint efort of India, Germany and Switzerland in the field of producing cooling devices such as refrigerators and …
GERMAN scientists have warned that the Earth's ozone layer, which filters radiation from space, is regenerating itself at a slower pace than originally predicted. "Even if international agreements on the protection of the atmosphere are strictly followed, the size of the ozone hole 20 years from now will be the …
India will soon join a select band of countries which possesses technology to develop alternatives to chloro-fluorocarbons (CFC) which cause ozone depletion in the atmosphere. The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad, which has been working on this project since 1994 , has said that it will release …
A Rs 5-crore pilot plant for production of hydrogen fluoro- carbon (HFC-134A) with the technology developed by the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of chemical Technology (IICT) as a substitute for the ozone-depleting common refrigerant will be installed next month, IICT director Dr K RAghavan has said.
In a major development, the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has announced that it will release a new technology for the development of HFC-134A, a substitute for the ozone depleting substance CFC-12, during 1999.This will make India only the fifth country in the world to have the sophisticated …
The recent launch of new refrigerator models in India based on eco-friendly technology shows that Indian companies have finally begun taking some notice of the harm being done to be environment by the rampant use of chemicals and non-biodegradable materials. The sustained release of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) has been eating away …
THE mid and late-1980s witnessed global tension rise when scientists discovered a hole in the ozone layer of our planet's atmosphere. This, they said, could be dangerous as ozone shields us from the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation that can cause skin cancer. The main culprit responsible for "punching" the hole, …
India has complained to the Montreal Protocol Fund (MPF) that while other sectors consuming ozone depleting substances (ODSs) have been sanctioned aid to implement the phase-out plan, the solvent sector has been left out. It has accused vested interests in industrialised countries of trying to block the aid flow.According to …
Vast forest fires in Indonesia last year have produced a large cloud of an ozone-destroying chemical, an international team of researchers claims. The agricultural fungicide methyl bromide has been targeted under the 1987 Montreal Protocol on ozone- depleting substances. In 1997 industrialised countries agreed to stop using methyl bromide by …
Environmental planning for the 2002 Olympic games, strategies to reduce ozone levels, focussed on tree-planting programs and identification of cool roofs are early spinoffs from a NASA urban study just concluding in three U.S. cities. Researchers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, flew a thermal camera mounted on a NASA …
NASA and NOAA satellites show that the Antarctic ozone thinning covers the largest expanse of territory since the depletion developed in the early 1980s. The measurements were obtained this year between mid-August and early October using the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument aboard NASA's Earth Probe (TOMS -EP) satellite …
