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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More than 100 nations of the Global Environment Facility GEF met in the capital to chalk out plans for a better, sustainable future

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

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