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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Md. counties rife with ozone
Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties have the worst ozone air pollution in the Washington area and are among the worst in the United States, a study released today by the American Lung
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CFCs smuggling on despite checks
Despite curbs on production and consumption of the chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) and other ozone depleting substances (ODSs), these are arriving in India on a large-scale from across the bordering
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Arcric ozone loss
Ozone losses of more than 60 per cent have occurred in the arctic stratosphere near 60,000 feet in one of the coldest winters on
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Smuggling of ozone-eating gases worries Govt
Smugglers have the Union environment ministry worried. But the issue this time is not the trade in wildlife or forest products. Instead, it is ozone-depleting substances(ODS). Officials say smuggling
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Fired up about ozone
Japan's Meteorological Agency says that the extensive forest fires of Indonesia are hastening the process of global warming by increasing ozone levels in the atmosphere. A study conducted by the
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Ministry sets deadline to phase out ODS
The Environment Ministry has taken yet another step towards the phasing out of the environmentally-harmful Ozone Depleting Substances(ODS) from India, by notifying a set of rules to regulate and
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Statutory norms to control CFCs
The government has notified the long-awaited regulatory measures to control the uses and production of ozone depleting substances (ODS) like chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) as required under the Montreal
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Safe under water
Tiny marine life could be safe from harmful effects of ozone depletion
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Campaign to press for eco-friendly fridges
Your refrigerator could be too hot for you in a few years from now. Indian refrigerators use CFCs, HFCs or HCFCs are coolants and insulation lining producing substances to maintain low temperature.
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Companies playing 'dirty' at Sydney Olympics
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has branded McDonald's and Coca-Cola 'dirty' Olympic sponsors. Greenpeace spokesperson Corin Millains said that the companies planned to use global-warming