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Workshop aims at complete climate solution for sustainable future

This should be done in a way so as to synchronise improvements in energy efficiency and make a transition to low global warming potential alternatives

Disarming the disastrous

Attempts are on to convert ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons into more innocuous substances like table salt

The lesser evil

Attempts are on to find replacements for deadly ozone depleting substances (ODS) such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Nobel winner Paul J Crutzen on the neglect of nitrogen cycle

Paul J Crutzen received the 1995 Chemistry Nobel prize for showing that nitrogen oxides react catalytically with ozone, thus accelerating …

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Temporary gain

Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone

CSE warns no one is safe from deadly ozone pollution

Civil Lines, Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis

Trouble in the air

The winter of 1995-96 has witnessed record lows in the levels of ozone in some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, affecting Europe in particular

Gone with the wind

Findings from a recent study conducted in Pakistan and Egypt by researchers from the Imperial College, London, suggest that a secondary pollutant,…

Cod crisis

The European Union imposes strict restrictions on cod farming. But it could be too late

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Banned chemical still depleting the ozone, says NASA

Carbon tetrachloride, banned under Montreal Protocol, still lingering in atmosphere

Cool and dangerous

Bad news for ozone layer

Mercury-laced food

Sun, sea and snow bring mercury down to the Earth and in the food

A monopoly like none other

An amendment to the Montreal Protocol without addressing IPR issues of HFOs would mean that the entire MAC sector would be at the mercy of three …

US agency proposes more stringent rules to curb downwind air pollution

The proposal is expected to reduce emissions from power plants in 23 states, protecting neighbouring states from ozone pollution

No consensus on HFCs at Montreal Protocol meet

Hydrofluorocarbons to be discussed in an informal group after many nations oppose formation of contact group to discuss the greenhouse gases

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The gas game

Fluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, have generated intense global debates. But these have been more about business than …

Climatic conundrum

Ice cover might be increasing in the West Antarctic contrary to its presumed collapse