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Environment - Air pollution (PetCoke (byproduct of oil refining, More…
Environment - Air pollution
SC ban on chemicals
in firecracker
antimony, lithium,
mercury, arsenic and lead
Petroleum and
Explosive Safety Organization
(PESO)
responsibility of compliance
Under DIPP
Black Carbon
Airplane emission, , fine particles PM 2.5
def : incomplete combustion of fossil fuels
harm to ozone, monsoon, melt glaciers
Conventions
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer [1985]
Montreal Protocol [1987]
ozone
depleting substances (ODS).
Kigali agreement to amend
the Montreal Protocol [2016]
HFCs - Potent GHG
IMD : System of Aerosol Monitoring and
Research (SAMAR)
EI Nino
Nasa's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
(OCO-2) satellite
caused over 3 billion tonnes of carbon
Moss -->cheap Bioindicator
Air pollution
Lichens : Cyano
bacteria, algae, and/or fungi
Bryophytes: mosses
Water
Algae :eutrophication
Frogs : environment stress
UN Env patron for clean Air
Vijay Shekar Sharma
advocate goals of UN Env Global Breathelife campaign
PetCoke
byproduct of oil refining
More pollutant such as carbon and sulfur(17 times than coal)
SC banned its use of petcoke and Furnace oil in Delhi, Haryana and Up and Rajasthan
Environement minitry dismissed the efect of petcoke on public health
65% import from USA, 1/4th of US export
burns hotter than coal
US does not find buyer @ home to sell petcoke from Canadian tar oil
UNICEF report
Title - Danger in the air : how air pollution can affect brain dev in young children