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, …
Diplomats meeting in Vienna this week hope to take a major step toward a deal under the Montreal Protocol to decrease the use of a potent greenhouse gas, in what could be the most significant measure to combat global warming since last year's Paris climate agreement. Officials from nearly 200 …
In a major new paper in the influential journal Science, a team of researchers report strikingly good news about a 30-year old environmental problem. The Antarctic ozone "hole" - which, when it was first identified in the mid-1980s, focused public attention like few other pieces of environmental news - has …
If the U.S. healthcare system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The study, published June 9 in PLOS ONE, quantified previously unreported environmental and public health impacts of the nation's healthcare sector. The U.S. healthcare system, the most …
Independent review says EU rules, such as on clean water and wildlife protection, have benefited UK’s environment EU membership has been a major factor behind the “marked improvement in environmental quality in the UK” since the 1980s, according to an independent report into the potential impact of a leave vote …
In February, apart from particulate matter, gaseous pollutant ozone emerged dominant. Experts say ozone levels go up with the rise in temperature. As Delhi prepares for Phase II of the odd-even scheme this month, along with particulates, the government plans to monitor ozone levels to assess the impact of the …
The year 2015 will stand out in the historical record of the global climate in many ways. Modern records for heat were broken: 2015 was a record warm year both globally and in many individual countries. Heatwaves were extremely intense in various part of the world, leading to thousands of …
Experts say Ozone levels go up with the rise in temperatures, as the gas is formed from a photochemical reaction which needs high sunlight. “Ozone does not have any source of its own. As the Delhi government prepares for the next phase of the odd-even scheme in April, analysis by …
According to the CPCB, ozone was the dominant pollutant along with PM 2.5 on February 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28. With 15 “very poor” and 13 “poor” days, air pollution levels continued to be high in February despite the spike in temperature, according to a monthly analysis …
The first platform dedicated to measuring the ozone layer has been installed in the Chilean Antarctic, to study the impacts of the hole in the ozone layer on climate change in the region, it was announced Wednesday. Raul Cordero, the project's lead researcher at the University of Santiago, stated in …
Nagpur: The new, state-of-the-art ambient air quality monitor of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is lying disused at the Divisional Commissionerate square as the officials of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are yet to inspect it. The device, costing about Rs1 crore was provided to MPCB local office in December …
The Parties to the Montreal Protocol are informed by three Panels of experts. One of these is the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP), which deals with two focal issues. The first focus is the effects of increased UV radiation on human health, animals, plants, biogeochemistry, air quality, and materials. The …
The Maldives parliament accepted the Bill on Protection of the Ozone Layer and submitted it to an interim committee for review Sunday. The Bill was accepted with 61 of the 65 members present voting in favour. Submitting the Bill to the parliament, Dhiggaru MP Ahmed Faris Maumoon stated that the …
The National Green Tribunal today rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests for suggesting that ozone depletion is an international issue and asked its officials to visit Meenakshi Temple in Madurai to learn that India was aware of the ozone layer more than 700 years ago. "Do you have any …
Research published at a meeting of the Montreal Protocol in Dubai reveals the serious human health and economic consequences averted by concerted and coordinated global action on the protecting the ozone layer. Synthesis of the 2014 Reports of the Scientific, Environmental Effects, and Technology & Economic Assessment Panels of the …
It turns out that common chemical coolants actually lead to ozone depletion. The coolants, known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), contribute by a small amount, which counters a decades-old assumption about them. The ozone layer comprises a belt of ozone molecules located primarily in the lower stratosphere. It is responsible for absorbing …
Surface ozone pollution in Delhi has crossed the permissible limit, for the second time in a year, with experts blaming weak monsoon for the phenomenon. Though the ozone layer limit in Mumbai and Pune has been in the permissible limits for the past two weeks, it is increasing in these …
With densely-populated areas in the city, especially Punjabi Bagh and R.K. Puram, showing high levels of ozone, environmentalists and doctors have expressed their concern over their adverse effect on children, dengue patients, and those with compromised respiratory function. “In the dengue season, stressed respiratory function with high levels of ozone …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday pitched for new research and technology to combat the affects of climate change. "If human intervention has caused climate change, with human intent and intellect and with new research and technology, we will win this war against climate change," he said while addressing a …
In another 10 years, Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world. However it will be another Indian city - Kolkata that will record the highest number of such deaths by 2050. Kolkata will see its number …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research. "If human intervention has caused climate change, with human intent and intellect and with new research and technology, we will win this war against climate change," Javadekar said. He was …
