Govt vehicles contribute to air pollution
Twenty nine percent of diesel vehicles and 23 percent of petrol vehicles in government institutions have failed the vehicle emission test, a spokesperson for the Environment Ministry told the Daily News
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Centre for Science and Environment slams UPA government's decision to give sops to car and SUV industry
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the new budget proposal to cut taxes on cars with fuel-guzzling and polluting SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. In last year's budget, finance minister Chidambaram had, responding to the crippling energy crisis, hiked the excise on SUVs from 27 percent to 30 percent. But this year, buckling under pressure from the automobile industry, he has cut excise across all vehicle segments.
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CNG conversion centre opens at Mirpur
A CNG conversion centre in the name of
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States skid on deadlines for a green route
The roadmap for decreasing pollution in eight
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Use of dieselized farm equipment and incident lung cancer: Findings from the Agricultural Health Study Cohort
<p>Diesel exhaust is a known lung carcinogen. Farmers use a variety of dieselized equipment and thus may be at increased risk of lung cancer, but farm exposures such as endotoxins may also be protective
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Govt plans crackdown on highly polluting vehicles
New Delhi: With last week’s smog drawing attention to the effects of growing vehicular pollution, the Delhi government is planning a crackdown on highly polluting vehicles. Those found violating the pollution
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California bill to limit pollution from vehicles
The California Senate has approved a bill intended to discourage the kind of sprawling suburbs and crawling traffic that have long characterized the communities where many of the state's 38 million pe
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Murugappa forays into electric bike segment
HYDERABAD Chennai-based Murugappa group will foray into e-bike segment to tap the prospective demand for electric vehicles.
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Decision to slash CNG prices will help public transport and clean up the air: Centre for Science and Environment
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the decision of the oil and environment minister Veerappa Moily to reduce the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) by Rs 15 per kg in Delhi on Monday.
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Going green: Hybrid, electric vehicles make a splash
The ongoing Auto Expo is not just about glamorous cars and superbikes being unveiled but also about caring for the future with the focus on the environment. With petrol prices shooting up and environment
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Breathe carefully: Delhi third most polluted city in India
Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Ludhiana and Kanpur are among the worst polluted cities in the country, according to a survey by the World Health Organization (WHO). Ludhiana ranks as the most polluted
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UP, Haryana oppise Delhi's buses
Transport authorities of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are
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Seven years ago, everyone saw Delhi’s air take a deadly U-turn but no one did a thing
The way the graph moves tells the story of a public health disaster that has been allowed to happen: over the last 15 years, the fall and rise of the lethal, fine dust that clogs your lungs every day in
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Poor air quality in Delhi, 25/04/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Poor air quality in Delhi, 25/04/2016. The Government of NCT of Delhi has formulated short term and long term action plans to control air pollution in Delhi. After the
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Capital chokes as diesel debate goes on: Government wary of banning polluting vehicles despite NGT's order
The Capital continues to choke even six months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles over 15 years of age in Delhi-NCR. The ban was eventually stayed
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The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale
<p>Air contaminated with pollutants such as ozone and tiny particles could cause the premature death of about 6.6 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done to improve air quality, warns this study published in the journal Nature</p>
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Liberty on two wheels
A heavy, modern bicycle that promises easy mobility in the age of congestion, expensive fuel, and pollution has taken off brilliantly in Paris
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A new fashion catches on in Paris: Cheap bicycle rentals
By Steven Erlanger PARIS: They're clunky, heavy and ugly, but they have become modish
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Traffic-related air pollution and Parkinson’s disease in Denmark: A case–control study
Very little is currently known about air pollutants’ adverse effects on neurodegenerative diseases even though recent studies have linked particulate exposures to brain pathologies associated with Parkinson’s
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Rising pollution level
Brick kilns near populated areas, fields pose threat to life, crops