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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Thirty states have violated new ozone standard
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
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WMO and UNEP issue summary of scientific assessment of the ozone layer 1998
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
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Air conditioning cooler than CFCs
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
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- Concessional duty rates for CFC-free fridges mooted
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
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ODS phase out to be incentive driven
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
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Law on anvil to ban new ODS-based units
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
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$1.89 aid for CFC phaseout
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
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All for a better future
More than 100 nations of the Global Environment Facility GEF met in the capital to chalk out plans for a better, sustainable future
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- Samsung set to launch CFC-free refrigerators
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
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- Whirlpool's non-CFC fridges using gases obsolete in West
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