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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Coal-based power makes India top global SO2 emitter: Greenpeace -Vishwa Mohan

Coal-based power makes India top global SO2 emitter: Greenpeace -Vishwa Mohan

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published Published on Aug 30, 2019   modified Modified on Aug 30, 2019
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Sulphur dioxide (SO2), a significant contributor to air pollution, may be within the national ambient air quality standard in all major cities in India, but the country is the largest cumulative emitter of this pollutant in the world and thus prone to being a victim of a cocktail of several toxic air pollutants.

As a reactive pollutant, SO2 reacts with other air pollutants to form sulphate particles and makes a significant part of particulate matter (PM2.5), which has the largest public health impact. It is estimated that SO2 commonly makes up more than 10% of the deadly fine particles in India and China.

Though Russia’s Norilsk smelter complex is the largest individual SO2 emission hotspot, India figured at the top, contributing more than 15% of all anthropogenic sulphur dioxide globally in 2018. The primary reason for the country’s high emission output is the expansion of coal-based electricity generation over the past decade.

These are the findings of a new report by Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, which analysed sulphur dioxide hotspots detected by US space agency Nasa’s OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) satellite. It shows Russia is the second largest cumulative emitter of sulphur dioxide followed by China, Mexico, Iran, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

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The Times of India, 20 August, 2019, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coal-based-power-makes-india-top-global-so2-emitter-greenpeace/articleshow/70747055.cms?utm_campaign=The%20Unearth%20Bull


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