Air quality management (AQM) is still a major challenge in Asia. The fast growing Asian economies and continued urbanization have increased the demand for mobility and energy in the region, resulting in high levels of air pollution in cities from transport, industry and other sources. This report presents an update on efforts and progress to improving air quality in
The US government has long recongnized the need for more fuel-efficient vehicles. To that end, the government and domestic automakers - Chrysler, Ford and General Motors - formed a partnership four
In an attempt to make the commerical capital pollution-free, the Sheriff of Mumbai, Mr. Kulwant Singh Kohli in association with some non-government organisations, transport associations and transport
Exhaust fumes from diesel fuel, regarded as a more environmentally benign alternative to gasoline, may pose a significant cancer risk, a draft US government report has
Asia is currently experiencing rapid increases in industrialization, urbanization, and vehicularization. As a result, emission trends (e.g., energy, fuel, vehicle use), population trends (e.g., degree of urbanization, urban population growth, city size), health trends (e.g., age structure, background disease rates), and other important factors (e.g., broad changes in regulatory approaches, improvements in control technology) will influence the extent to which exposure to air pollution affects the health of the Asian population over the next several decades.
The Delhi government has decided to end the battery bus experiment on city roads after incurring losses running into several crores of rupees. According to government sources, the Cabinet has already
Exhaust fumes may pose a great risk according to a draft government report. The Environmental Protection Agency says exposure to even low levels of diesel exhaust is likely to pose a risk of lung
The metro cities to begin with - and Delhi is on top of the list - may soon have commercially sustainable and low-on-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses plying on city roads. The buses are likely to
Beijing will order catalytic convertors to be installed on cars that fail to meet emissions standards. Spot checks will be carried out and drivers of cars that fail to meet emissions standards would
For a city reeling under air pollution caused by the ever increasing number of motor vehicles, experts have called for steps to minimise travel by developing self-containing pockets for work,
Technology got us into this : Cheap oil may be a sweet dream of Chevy Suburbans, but it's a nightmare for environmentalists and others who are fretting about air pollution and global warming. Cheaper
Encouraged by the potential for so-called "green" fuels as environmental controls become more stringent, Elf Aquitaine, the French oil group has come up with Aquazole, a diesel based fuel containing
European carmakers appear to have fended off the imposition of laws forcing them to cut carbon dioxide emissions after volunteering a 25 per cent reduction by 2008. Environment ministers of the 15
Poisonous exhaust fumes belting out from autos and buses are the biggest culprits in contributing to visible traffic pollution in Delhi, according to a survey organised by Nature's Soule, a
There is an urgent need to replace the current "speed lanes" system that responds to the varied demands of speed, synergy and optimal distribution of trafffic on roads, says a recent survey conducted
Continuing to clash with US car makers over meeting new clean-air standards, the US oil industry proposed differing standards for lower sulfur fuels, depending on the region where they are sold. The
Steyer-Daimler-Puch has now drawn up major plans for India ranging from consultancy services to components manufacture. "Most car models in India were originally developed for Japanese, American or
The environment-friendly electric sub-compact has finally arrived in India. Two prototype models of a zero-emission electric car called Reva, to be eventually produced in India, were flagged off on
Mazda Motor Corp said on Tuesday that it has developed a new catalyst for gasoline engines which do a better job of removing toxic materials from exhaust
The nation's largest oil refiners plan to announce that they will voluntary reduce the sulfur content in gasoline, allowing automakers to fuel a new generation of low-polluting cars, sources within
