Act locally, benefit globally
Climate change, we can emphatically say, is a wicked problem This is a real-life story of three wicked problems, one opportunity - and a new way to confront global challenges. Climate change, we
Search Results
-
-
B'lore among 24 critically polluted cities
Bangalore, known for its salubrious climate, according to Central Pollution Control Board Senior Scientist M Madhusudanan, is among 24 most critically polluted cities today. The reason for this dismal
-
World Cup Barbecues Threaten Smog Emergency in Santiago
Chile’s government urged soccer fans to refrain from traditional barbecues after watching the national team in the World Cup today because the clouds of smoke from charred meat were worsening the capital’s
-
UP government sanctions 300 buses for Kanpur to improve transport
Dependence on rashly-driven and overloaded tempos is set to reduce significantly with the state government deciding to deploy 300 city buses in Kanpur to strengthen the public transport in the city. The
-
Government urges Supreme Court to relax ban on diesel vehicles, offers to buy old ones from 2017
The government on Monday urged the Supreme Court to relax its ban on registration of diesel vehicles above 2000cc in the Delhi-NCR saying it had created "uncertainty" in the minds of "foreign investors"
-
NGT air pollution order: Enforcement needed now for results,say activists
NEW DELHI: Environmental activists and experts have welcomed National Green Tribunal's directions to deal with air pollution in the city but said the efforts of the government should be more focused on
-
China's ports fail to regulate pollution: Report
BEIJING: China's busy ports fail to regulate heavy emissions of sulfur oxide and other pollutants mostly from cargo ships although they're the biggest source of air pollution in port cities such as Hong
-
Maharashtra bans emergency vehicle sirens between 10pm and 6am
PUNE: Ambulances, police vans and other vehicles operating during an emergency will not be allowed to make use of their sirens or multi-tone horns between 10pm and 6am, barring exceptional circumstances.
-
Clean air, fatter pockets: LPG rules the roads now
It comes with twin bonanza
-
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding supply of CNG/PNG as the main source of fuel for vehicular traffic, Delhi NCR, 19/10/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/10/2016 regarding supply of CNG/PNG as the main source of fuel for vehicular traffic
-
Autorickshaws using kerosene as fuel to be impounded in Nagpur
Autorickshaw drivers using adulterated petrol have only five days to take corrective steps or else they run the risk of having their vehicles impounded and their registration cancelled. In a meeting
-
India Environment Portal Newsletter 07- 14 March 2015
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
-
Government keen on better fuels, automobile industry stalling: CSE
Terming diesel as 'villain' of the air pollution, environmental experts today said technology for better fuels was available and governments were keen to act to move ahead but only automobile industry
-
Saffron Budget has no love for the green
Indian Environmentalists have ex pressed alarm over the new budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's govern ment, which they say heralds substantial cuts in environermental programmes and fails to address
-
Car wars
FRANCE has banned imports of some Mercedes cars, claiming they fail to meet European technical standards for emissions of global-warming gases. It looks like an arcane technical dispute, but it is an
-
Kochi Metro assigns consultant for carbon emission reductions
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has assigned CDM Smith, a US-based company that provides integrated solutions in environment, energy and transportation, to carry out a detailed survey for the forecast
-
SC clean air plan up in Govt smoke
Delaying key deadlines and diluting norms endorsed by the Supreme Court on vehicular pollution, the Cabinet today cleared the first
-
Instead of age, fitness should be ground to identify polluting
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that instead fixing 15-year-old limit to identify polluting vehicles, fitness testing of such a vehicle will prove whether it has "reached the end of its life or not."
-
Delhi pollution likely to worsen during weekend
Pollution in Delhi is likely to worsen during the weekend with the day temperature expected to fall by 2-5 degree Celsius and calm winds, thus hampering dispersion of suspended pollutants. Delhi and
-
Japan readies fuel cell subsidies for Toyota's next project
Japan is readying subsidies to help Toyota Motor Corp and key suppliers take the lead in hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles that could top 40 billion yen over the next several years if the most bullish