India's journey towards sustainable cooling
Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally
Ozone Layer
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Workshop on ozone depleting substances on Dec 1
The National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics (NACEN), in close co-ordination with the Ozone Cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is organising a three-day national workshop in
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Antarctica's seasonal ozone hole disappears
The seasonal "ozone hole" over the South Pole has disappeared again after reaching record size earlier this year, U.N. officials said. The hole is a thinner-than-usual area in the protective layer of
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Treaty to protect ozone layer threatened
Strawberries and tomatoes were at the heart of an international disagreement threatening the global treaty aimed at protecting the ozone layer. Californian strawberry farmers left a meeting in
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Inner ozone could cause heart attacks and MS, warns study
Ozone found inside human bodies could be a crucial aggravator of the hardening of arteries, which can result in heart attack and has been linked to diseases such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and
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Ozone may hamper absorption of carbon
Scientists have long identified forests as a potential buffer against rising concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main smokestack and tailpipe emission linked by most scientists to global warming.
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Customs to monitor anti-ozone substances
Experts from the United Nations Environment Programme are scheduled to visit the Capital later this month to help prevent global exchange of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS). The visit comes after
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Big Antarctic ozone hole recurrs
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Rf1.47 million to be spent on destroying ozone related materials
Rf1.47 million (US $ 115,000) is to be spent on the project of destroying materials that damages the ozone layer. Signing between the UNDP and the Ministry of Home Affairs for the "Awareness and
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Bid to bend rules
In another brazen display of contempt for international treaties, the us administration is seeking exemption for certain uses of methyl bromide
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Industrial baker fined $5.25 million for ozone depletion
The nation's second largest baker has agreed to pay a $5.25 million dollar fine for releasing ozone depleting substances into the atmosphere and to convert all of its industrial process refrigeration