European Commission to adopt Euro 6 emission norms
the European Commission (ec) will adopt Euro 6 stage of emission norms, along with the existing Euro 5 norms. It, however, trails behind leading nations in reducing nitrogen oxide (nox) emissions
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Driven to pollution
The energy, especially oil, consumed to transport goods and people is galloping. Almost uncontrollable urbanisation in India, especially in and around the larger cities, highlights the acute problems
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Follow Up
A reduction in pollution from vehicular emissions in Europe from 2005 seems more plausible now. The deadlock between the European Union (EU), oil producers and European car manufacturers over
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Report On Action Plan for Air Quality Improvement of Dehradun City
<p>Uttrakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB), Dehradun has awarded a project on Action Plan for ambient Air Quality Improvement of Dehradun City to Pollution Control Research Institute,
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The European real-driving emissions regulation
In January 2016 the EU Parliament will evaluate the RDE proposal from the European Commission's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV). This brief notes five things that could strengthen the regulation.
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City Plights
India's urban population has swelled from 62 million in 1951 to about 217 million four decades later. Its cities have distended, 23 of them with more than a million people in 1991. Work opportunities
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Talking about pollution
there is no doubt that air pollution will be of even greater significance in the next millennium. From the first century, when Roman philosopher Seneca complained about air pollution, to recent
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Brazil PROCONVE P-8 emission standards
Brazil’s new PROCONVE P-8 standards will apply to all new on-road passenger and freight vehicles equipped with compression-ignition or spark-ignition engines and weighing at least 3,856 kg. These vehicle
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Lower sulphur levels soon
us efforts to come up with new ways to test and produce ultra clean fuels and pollution control devices for road vehicles has received a boost in the form of additional funds. The department of
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Micro is big. Talk nano
Researchers studying the health effects of tiny particles from vehicular emissions are finding out more on a new threat: nanoparticles
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Second hand vehicles
the government of India may block the import of used vehicles by invoking environmental and safety rules. Accord ing to senior government officials, there is a "strong case against the import
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B Sengupta
Dr B Sengupta by Profession:Scientist, GOI/SG/IAS/IFS/Retd IAS. Specialization: Air Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, Toxicology, Vehicular Pollution
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After Delhi...
...Andhra Pradesh may also ban 15 year old vehicles
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For cleaner air
A ban on registration of diesel run taxis in Mumbai is on the anvil
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In the dark
vehicular emissions account for two-thirds of the total pollution in Delhi. A study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute shows that vehicles generate 64 per cent of the total
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Air Pollution
Two-stroke engines are adding to air pollution in Karachi, say newspaper reports. According to experts, these engines fitted in motorcycles, rickshaws and several thousand four-wheelers are
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Penetrating evidence
Air pollution causes genetic damage among Kolkata residents
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Tokyo fudge
Diesel filter scandal serves up regulatory warning
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Mumbai s dirty air
levels of airborne benzene, which is known to be carcinogenic, were found to be alarmingly high at two major junctions at Mumbai, according to a preliminary study by the National Environ mental
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Fretting over fumes
In Nepal, the Environment Conservation Council, headed by prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has stipulated permissible smoke limits of 65 Hartridge smoke unit (HSU) on diesel vehicles and 3