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 Ozone hole over Antarctica is not shrinking as recenlty reported in the Press, but not growing either, tests by Indian scientists in the area show. Besides, Ozone concentrations in the area are marginally higher. "From the data collected at Maitri, we have found that the size of the Antarctic …
Ground level ozone frequently breached critical limits during summer, according to a new report showing that levels of ozone exceeded warning thresholds somewhere in Europe on more than three days out of four. According to EU law, governments must inform the public whenever monitoring stations detect ozone above a critical …
This year's Antarctic ozone hole is the smallest one since 1988, but this has little to do with earthly activities and much to do with weird weather in the stratosphere, U.S. Government scientists have said. The ozone hole has also split into two pieces, a new wrinkle on a phenomenon …
U.S. atmospheric scientists report that the ozone hole over the Antarctic is much smaller than it was the past two years, and split into two separate holes during late September. The scientists stress that the smaller hole is due to this year's peculiar weather patterns and may not be an …
The ozone hole above the Antarctic has recently begun its annually occurring expansion. As per the estimates of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), it would grow significantly over the next few days. The first patch of low ozone concentration was detected near South America. Within a few days, this had …
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) is over. The best thing about it is that it could have been much worse. As I write this with regret and bitterness about the idealism of times gone by, I begin to feel my age. I was not in Stockholm for the …
What would you say of an industry that takes common salt and turns it into one of the most environmentally deadly substances we know of today, namely chlorine? And what if in its production process it uses yet another deadly substance, mercury? We are talking about India's caustic-chlorine industry. Centre …
See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt, self-sourcing of water (water harvesting) and the use of renewable and clean fuels. The Indian caustic-chlorine industry has performed poorly …
Pondicherry-based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd (cal) has been rated as the greenest caustic-chlorine company in India. With an overall score of 46.7 per cent, it has been given the Three Leaves Award. Set up in 1985 by Krishnamurthy Rao, a technical expert, cal set the trend by going in for membrane …
Although there has been a belated shift from the polluting mercury cell technology to the membrane cells, mercury pollution in India is still very high. India does not produce mercury and relies completely on imports. Between 1998-2001, the annual mercury imports stood at 170-190 tonnes, which is 10 per cent …
It’s a Catch-22 situation. How does one rate an industry where the pollution is minimal at the production plant and peaks the moment the product leaves the factory gates? How does one rate an industry that is the mother of all chemical industries? How does one rate an industry that …
Not a single European Union country has shown it is doing enough to protect the ozone layer from damage by man-made chemicals, EU authorities said. The European Commission said none of the 15 member states had shown how they intended to ensure ozone-depleting chemicals in scrapped fridges or old fire …
by the 2030s, climate change could become the main factor leading to ozone loss, surpassing even industrial products such as chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs), says a new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa) study. While attributing this to changes occurring in water vapour and temperature in the upper atmosphere due to rising …
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources held a meeting in Colombo to launch a national compliance action plan (NCAP) for the next eight years (2003-2010) to phase out the use of ozone depleting substances (ODS).
The use of ozone depleting substances such as CTC, Methyl Chloroform and Methyl Bromide will be phased out by specific dates, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Sri Lanka Rukman Senanayake said. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the country consultation meeting for the phase out of ozone …
Ten U.S. health and environmental groups on Thursday accused the Environmental Protection Agency of "foot dragging" and threatened to sue the agency to begin enforcing a 1997 law designed to curb ozone. The American Lung Association and other members of the coalition of advocacy groups said standards put in place …
Most scientists blame people, at least in part, for global warming. Now, some researchers say people may be partly to blame for the cooling of antarctica as well. While average global temperatures have risen about one degree Farhenheit over the past century, Antarctica over all appears to have cooled slightly …
While most scientists blame people, at least in part, for global warming some researchers now say people may be partly to blame for the cooling of Antarctica as well. While average global temperatures have risen about one degree Fahren heit over the past century, Antarctica over all appears to have …
A bold new initiative, aimed at accelerating the phase out of ozone damaging chemicals across India, was launched in Delhi today by the Indian Government and the United Nations Environment Programme.According to a UNEP press release, under the initiative of four big manufacturers of cholofluorocarbons(CFCs), chemicals used in fridges, air-conditioning …
