India to Eliminate Super Greenhouse Gas HFC-23 [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=85697]Kigali: India on Sunday announced that it will eliminate the HFC-23 gas and directed all five plants in the country that produce it as a by-product to "destroy" the super greenhouse gas with high global warming potential."The government, hereby directs that...All HCFC-22 plants to destroy HFC-23 produced as a by-product of HCFC-22 production through incineration using an efficient and proven technology such as thermal oxidation," says the order signed by Manoj Kumar Singh, joint secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

Government orders companies to “urgently and immediately” destroy HFC-23 [Government orders companies to “urgently and immediately” destroy HFC-23 ]NEW DELHI: In a move signalling India’s commitment to taking steps to reduce the presence of heat-trapping refrigerant gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the atmosphere that are contributing to global warming, the government has ordered companies to “urgently and immediately” destroy HFC-23, which has a heat trapping capacity that is 14800 times that of carbon dioxide and has an atmospheric life of 222 years. 

Delhi government launches 'anti-firecracker campaign' [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=85692]The Delhi government on Thursday announced the launch of an "anti-firecracker campaign" for this Diwali and alerted the state machinery to check import and sale of harmful crackers."The Delhi government has launched an 'anti-firecracker campaign' for the ongoing festive season," Environment Minister Imran Hussain said in a press statement.

No-cracker drive to tackle pollution [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=85691]GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) on Thursday launched a no-plastic and no-cracker campaign to tackle air pollution this Diwali. The move came after a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) study claimed that Faridabad, Gurgaon and Delhi witnessed the worst pollution levels on Dusshera and had an air quality index (AQI) of 270, 238 and 223, respectively.

Govt plans to tweak eco-sensitive zone rules on upper Ganga stretch Mayank Aggarwal [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=85639]New Delhi: Four years after a government ban on mining and dam-building on a 100-km stretch of the Ganga, an environment ministry panel is considering a dilution of its provisions, documents seen by Mint show. 


In 2012, after years of struggle by environmentalists, the ministry notified the entire stretch of the Ganga’s tributary Bhagirathi from its origin at Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ).

Winter is coming: Delhi takes stock of its anti-pollution measures [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=85662]Winter is here when pollution levels are again expected to rise. DNA takes a look at Delhi Government's experiment with environment and whether it helped bring down the pollution levels.