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coke unit shut: The Maoist labour union in Nepal has shutdown the country's only Coca-Cola bottling company, Bottlers Nepal, due to an ongoing dispute regarding employment of contract workers. The
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Clean air drive
The dc circuit court of appeals of the us upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's (epa) rule to make heavy-duty trucks and buses run cleaner. The regulation, which comes into force
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Graded Response Action Plan to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR in ‘Very poor’ and ‘Severe’ categories comes into effect from October 17, 2017- says EPCA
<p>This Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) came into effect from Oct 17, 2017 to prevent a repeat of the severe air pollution Delhi witnessed after Diwali last year. Measures under the GRAP's 'very poor' and 'severe' categories will remain in force till March 15, 2018 said Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA) appointed by the Supreme Court.</p>
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Vulnerabilities and responses to climate change for Dhaka
The relationship between climate change and cities is complex. City-based activities contribute significant amounts of greenhouse gases and, simultaneously, are often more vulnerable to the impacts of
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Paradise under fire
The beautiful Valley of Flowers, known for its flower diversity and fecundity, is caught in a strange controversy over ban on grazing
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Plugging pollution
To protect the health of its citizens, Singapore may tighten its automobile emission standards to the Euro III level immediately. These tougher standards will help limit fine particulate matter.
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Action plan to improve air quality in Faridabad
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has prepared an action plan for improving the air quality in Faridabad town by checking vehicular, industrial and other kinds of pollution. While stating
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Recommendations for post-Euro 6 standards for light-duty vehicles in the European Union
The report highlights the limitations of current emissions standards and provides detailed recommendations to overcome them. The recommendations cover several topics where the current light-duty vehicle
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Mercedes Benz to pay EPA for failing to disclose defects in air pollution standards
DaimlerChrysler and its subsidiary, Mercedes Benz (usa) have agreed to pay us $1.2 million to settle civil charges with the Environmental Protection Agency (epa) for failing to disclose defects in
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CSE urges new govt. to re-imagine development environment paradigm
Governments need to re-evaluate existing approaches to environmental norms while improving on delivery of services under existing laws to improve sustainable and inclusive governance, urged the Centre
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Daring to be different
California state senate okays emission standards for vehicles
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Brakes put on car use
with smog levels soaring, authorities in Italy's northern Lombardy region recently urged drivers to do away with their cars for three days. This was done to reduce the dense smoky fog made worse
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Clean Kolkata
euro II emission norms have been enforced in the Kolkata metropolitan area, which includes the Kolkata, Howrah and Chandernagore municipal corporations and 39 municipalities. K S Ramasubban,
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Central Motor Vehicles (11th Amendment) Rules, 2014
These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (11th Amendment) Rules, 2014. On July 4, 2014, India finalized the fourth stage of emission standards for motorized two- wheeled vehicles. The Bharat
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Picturesque no more?
Kashmir's scenic beauty is going up in smoke, courtesy exhaust fumes from vehicles
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Clean drive
there would be no sulphur in petrol from January 1, 2009, in 15 countries of the European Union (eu) block. This decision was taken by the eu environment ministers recently. The eu intends
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West By Far East
In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.
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ONLINE
www.carpool.in Pool in Tired of waiting for a three-wheeler that will take you to work? Apprehensive at the same time because you cannot join the joy ride on an already over crowded bus. Or, if
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Govt planning to improve transport system: Gopal Rai
Transport Minister Gopal Rai said that the government has planned to improve the transport system of the Capital and for that experts of various agencies would be invited to discuss the issue from different
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Stakeholder Workshop on air quality and transportation challenges in Kathmandu
<p>Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a Stakeholder Workshop on Air quality and transportation challenges in Kathmandu on December 27 in collaboration with Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Nepal. </p>