- 2-wheelers biggest air polluters
study : Two and three wheelers are the greatest air polluters in the city, followed by diesel trucks and city buses. This was revealed in a study carried out in the city recently by the Union
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- Remember propane ? Project still on
It's been a year since the Delhi government promised 50 authorickshaws runing on environment-friendly propane on the Capital's roads. It's been just about two weeks since Delhi transport minister
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- Indo-Dutch green fuel project planned
An Indo-Dutch demonstration project to study the feasibility of introducing autogas on a large-scale in the city was launched on Wednesday. The project, undertaken under the directives of the Supreme
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- Govt will to curb pollution caught in a cleft
With the Delhi Government repeatedly taking back its ban on old vehicles, pollution control has taken a backseat. The Government has an enviable record of retracting its own words, policies and
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MEPs in emissions vote
The European Parliament will decide today whether to push for tougher European Union targets for reducing car emissions- a step which could increase costs to the oil and motor industries by billions
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- Eco-friendly fuel filling station coming up
A filling station to dispense propane, a clean automotive fuel, will start functioning in about six weeks. Set up under a pilot project being implemented by SHV Energy India Ltd, a fully-owned
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- Ministry recommends CNG-based buses for Delhi
The ministry of environment and forests has proposed to introduce a parallel public transport network, running on compressed natural gas (CNG), in Delhi. THis is to lower the use of petrol and diesel
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- Oil v. autos in fight over cost of pollution
The European parliament will vote tomorrow on far-reaching anti-pollution measures which threaten the oil and vehicle industries with tens of billions of dollars in extra costs. The legislation is
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- Carmakers warned on emissions
European car manufacturers will be warned by the British government today to act more quickly to cut carbon dioxide emissions or risk statutory penalties. Gavin Strang, transport minister, will tell
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- Ban on polluting vehicles is a must
About 2,00,000 doctors and hundreds of patients suffering from respiratory disorders on Friday criticised the Delhi govrernment's decision to withdraw the ban on polluting vehicles. The Centre for
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- Govt dumps anti-pollution drive
In the last few days the Ministry has rolled back two decisions to control vehicular emissions. The Transport Ministry decided that to test the fitness of a vehicle, a Motor Vehicles Inspector (MVI)
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- BJP govt will not take 15-yr-old vehicles off the roads
Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana has said that under no circumstances would 15-year-old commercial vehicles be taken off the roads. He also promised that when the Bharatiya Janata Party
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- US pollution control device awaits nod
A general Motors-patented pollution control and fuel-saving device has been awaiting testing for over a year now at the Petroleum Conservation Research Association, a premier agency whose primary
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- NGO plea to block CM phone in protests
A leading NGO has appealed to Delhities to call up chief minister Sahib Singh Verma on Friday to register their protest against his government's reported decision to scrap the ban on commercial
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- Diesel engine may be a key weapon in campaign against global warming
Part of the Clinton's administration's recent $6.3 billion package of tax incentives and research money to combat global warming is focused on finding new ways to clean up and market what has been a
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BJP resolves to make Delhi pollution free
The Bhartiya Janata Party, in its election manifesto released on Friday, resolved to have a "pollution free Delhi " . Among the steps it says it will take is checking vehicluar
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Political pressure forces withdrawal of ban on vehicles
The Delhi government on Wednesday issued a public order withdrawing the ban on 15-year-old commercial vehicles. In an order issued on Wednesday, transport minister Rajendra Gupta said the government
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Road humps 'increase exhaust fumes'
Road humps are a serious environmental threat, causing inceases in car exhaust pollution of at least 50 per cent and worsening petrol consumption, according to a British government-funded study.The
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Green transport advocates meet with GEF
On January 15th a number of sustainable transport advocates, under the banner of the UN NGO transport caucus, held a meeting with Global Environment Fund (GEF) staff to comment on the GEF paper
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Deal to make cleaner cars runs into snarls in U.S.
Auto makers have made a lot of noise about clean car technology for the new millennium. Now the industry must decide whether to roll out cleaner cars this year using technology that could have been