The 28th executive committee meeting of the Montreal Protocol Fund, crucial for Indian chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) manufacturers, will begin in Montreal tomorrow.An important item on the agenda is to

China, home of some of the most polluted cities in the world, has received $420 million from a multilateral fund to protect the ozone layer, the official Xinhua news agency said.

With the completion of the grace period granted on signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, developing countries are set to begin, on 1 July 1999, a freeze on

One of the largest seizures in Texas of the illegal chloroflourocarbon (CFC) Freon took place on 24 June. The seizure, and arrest of Richard Schmolke on charges of smuggling, is part of a national

With the completion of the grace period granted on signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, developing countries are set to begin, on 1 July 1999, a freeze on

The rapid increase in small-mining in poor nations, often employing women and children, is taking a heavy toll by way of fatalities and

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says scientists have confirmed that most of the gases responsible for ozone depletion are produced by human activities. According to a June

The IDBI completed appraisal of nine projects for grant of assistance of Rs 26.4 crore and disbursed an amount of Rs 7.7 crore for phasing out the use of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) during

The hole in the ozone layer in the South Pole is due to the Sun, not people according to research by a Chinese scientist. Yang Xuexiang, a professor of geological sciences at Changchun University of

Scientists at the Max-Plank Institute in Mainz, Germany, have identified another culprit in ozone destruction. Removal of active nitrogen from the gas phase through aerosol-particle sedimentation