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, …
A NEW ozone-destroying chemical has been found in the atmosphere, muddying repair efforts of the ozone layer. Halon-1202, a firefighting chemical suspected of being used by the Russian military, has increased five-fold in the atmosphere over the past 20 years, say Australian scientists. For the last two years, the chemical …
As a first step towards meeting its international environmental obligations, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) banned setting up of fresh capacity to manufacture aerosols products using ozone depleting substances (ODS). Aerosols use ODS such as Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellants to spray chemicals or fragrances. The ministry will soon …
At least 30 states and the District of Columbia have already violated the new federal air-quality standards issued last summer, "signaling that 'we could be in for a terrible summer of smog,' says Alfred Munzer of the American Lung Association"In June 97 , the US EPA lowered the federal ozone …
The World Meterological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have jointly released the Executive Summary of the "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion - 1998". It has been prepared by more than 200 scientists from around the world and was reviewed from 1 to 6 June by 77 …
Daimler-Benz is considering using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant in car air conditioners, in an effort to improve their enviromental performance. Daimler-Benz belives that switching to carbon dioxide would reduce the air conditioners overall contribution to the greenhouse effect by one-third.
A leading industry chamber has suggested levy of excise duty at a concessional rate of eight per cent on CFC-free refrigerators to encourage environment-friendly products. In a representation to the finance ministry the PHD chamber of commerce and industry (PHDCCI) has pointed out that the excise duty on refrigerators under …
Govt : The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) legislation banning use of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) in industries will be incentive-driven rather than based on penalties, senior MEF officials have said.
Three years after it was first mooted, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) is to bring out a legislation banning of any industrial units consuming or producing ozone depleting substances (ODS). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already issued a notification asking commercial banks not to lend to …
The 24th meeting of the executive committee of the multilateral fund, created under the aegis of the Montreal Protocol of 1987, to aid the phase-out operations of ozone depleting substances has accorded a fresh sanction of $1.89 million for projects in India.
nations of the North and the South met at the first-ever assembly of the Global Environment Facility ( gef ) in New Delhi from April 1 to 3 with an ambitious agenda
Korean conglomerate Samsung is all set to become the second refrigerator manufacturer after Whirlpool to launch its CFC-free refrigerators in the Indian market. The products would be available by month-end.
Whirlpool India's new range of non-CFC (chloroflurocarbons) refrigerators, to be launched in Delhi on Monday , is using HCFCs/HFCs (hydroflourocarbons) which , though legal in India, are transient gases which the multinational has already replaced with hydrocarbons particularly in Europe.
Rising levels of "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere will lead to further depletion of earth's protection ozone layer and could produce an Arctic "ozone hole" equivalent to the one already appearing around the south pole, acccording to NASA analysis. That could be bad news for those who thought "we had …
In late 1997, larger levels of ozone depletion were observed over the Arctic than in any previous year on record. Now, using climate models, a team of scientists reports why this may be related to greenhouse gases, according to a paper published in the April 9 issue of Nature. The …
Ecology sells! Or so refrigerator manufacturers hope. They have launched a spate of eco-friendly CFC-free(Chloro Fluro Carbons) refrigerators in the Indian market in the last few months. And their push line has been 'the eco-frindly refrigerator'. With the Montreal Protocol which says that CFC-based products should be phased out by …
In an exclusive arrangement, the World Bank has provided around Rs 105 crore in the form of grant to the Industrial development Bank of India (IDBI) for funding phasing out of ozone depletion substances (ODS).
Global changes in climate and ozone depletion was affecting chemical and biological conditions in the oceans, according to Prof A R Subramaniam, president of Visakhapatnam chapter of Indian meteorological society. Atmospheric nitrogen entering the oceans had increased biological productivity in coastal and mid-ocean regions, he added.
Domestic chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) manufacturers have alleged that they are neither getting funds nor know-how from the West to develop CFC substitutes as provisioned under the Montreal Protocol.
Phaseout schedule of choloro flurocarbons in India : The government of India is set to announce the industry specific phase out schedule for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone depleting substances to meet the deadline set by the Montreal Protocol, to which India is a signatory. Under the draft notification finalized …
A new ozone-destroying chemical has been found in the earth's atmosphere by Australian scientists, throwing repair of the ozone layer into doubt. A firefighting chemical suspected of being used by the Russian military, halon-1202, has increased five-fold in the atmosphere over the past 20 years, according to a scientist with …
