Solution for pollution?
Scientists at Benaras Hindu University (BHU), India, have developed a low-cost catalyst for reducing automobile pollution. They claim that it can replace those currently being used in imported
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Leapfrog or get isolated
The danger India faces today, in the world of cleaner diesel
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More evidence...
... from a German study confirming the carcinogenicity of the devil in the tank and the engine
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Taking India for a ride
Global automakers have topped the charts but with products that would fail the green test in their own countries
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Electric car market rides green concerns
Feel than a standard dealership to fit the image of the vehicles.
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Air pollution continues to soar in city, says MPCB
Mumbai Even as the state takes stock of the new stringent ambient air quality standards that the Centre announced recently, levels of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) and nitrogen oxide levels have been soaring in Mumbai since 2005 due to vehicular traffic, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials said.
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Looking for votes?
Ride the Clean Air tiger
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Smog alarm
Mexico City streets wore a deserted look on September 19 as the first pollution alert in almost three years was declared in the region. Hundreds and thousands of cars were ordered off the road after
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Netherlands to tax polluting cars
The Netherlands recently announced its plans to cut co2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. To achieve the target, it has proposed that an additional tax be imposed on cars that exceed the permissible
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SANE RULING
The Supreme Court has ordered the removal of "all hoarding by roadsides' in the capital which it said were hazardous and a disturbance to traffic. In its earlier court order, the court had directed
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London to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles
london has decided to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles. Under the low emission zones (lez) programme coming into effect on February 4, 2008, lorry, bus and other coaches can be
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SAFETY MEASURES
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government and the local authorities to regulate traffic and curb pollution in Delhi. A three-judge bench comprising of the Justice J S Verma, Justice B
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The CNG imperative
More than 50,000 additional deaths will occur over the next ten years, from 2001 to 2010, from toxic particles in Delhi if the Supreme Court orders on moving the entire public transport to compressed natural gas CNG is not implemented as scheduled. This
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Online
An alternative to car culture? www.worldcarfree.net Almost all of us have, at some point, rued our slavish dependence on cars. But the exasperation has always been fleeting. Most of us bear
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Bhopal: towards disaster zone
The number of premature deaths due to high levels of spm in Bhopal are estimated to have decreased from 663 in 1991-92 to 623 in 1995. Similarly, the incidence of illnesses have also gone down from
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Outdated inventory
DTE tried hard to get updated data on the total sector-wise emissions in various Indian cities from the CPCB. Unfortunately, our efforts turned out to be futile as the CPCB pollution inventory is far
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London is the cleanest
The level of pollution due to vehicular emissions is falling throughout the UK
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Traffic fumes cause permanent lung dysfunction
traffic fumes decrease lung function among children and make the organs vulnerable to irreversible long-term damage, a new study has found. The study published in The Lancet (Vol 369) links local
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At full throttle
A voluntary effort to promote alternative fuel vehicles in the US goes into overdrive<br><i>by Chandrachur Ghose</i>
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Drive against diesel
People in Nepal wage a war against polluting diesel three wheelers