Green, yet mean
Reducing vehicular pollution and promoting the automobile industry: the twain shall probably never meet. A UK government survey too, does not green signal any major changes
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INDIA
Aquatic weeds need no longer be just a nuisance. Kaiser Jamil, a scientist from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, reports that weeds such as water hyacinth can remove toxic
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June 5. Yawn
Not once has the ministry of environment and forests taken a strong stand, shown results
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Less acidic rain
Calcium particles neutralise acid in the atmosphere
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Trouble in the air
Strikes and protests greet the Nepal government s decision to ban polluting vehicles
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Toyota: letting India down
On May 18, 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme announced that it had elected Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour for the company's
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No easy smokes
Remote sensing devices for measuring vehicular emissions have come of age
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SOUTH AFRICA
Government plans to introduce a fleet of new taxis running on diesel has triggered off an outcry in South Africa. Environ mentalists view the country's new-generation taxi fleet with diesel fuel
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The politics of calling GHGs as pollutants
<p>Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA), on December 7, 2009 announced to the world that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people, and therefore, can be considered an air pollutant under the US’s Clean Air Act. The US is now the first country in the world to call GHGs air pollutants. </p>
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Developing hydrogen as a petrol substitute
With petrol stocks being fast depleted, scientists are developing a technology that will run vehicles on hydrogen
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Two-stroke or four-stroke?
To reduce pollution levels, it is becoming necessary to upgrade conventionally designed, two-stroke two- and three-wheeler engines with cleaner four-stroke ones.
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Real-Driving Emissions test procedure for exhaust gas pollutant emissions of cars and light commercial vehicles in Europe
Provides background information and a detailed overview of the RDE legislation, as well as a discussion of its strengths and areas for improvement. Two legislative packages are currently under development
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Delhi govt mulls parking fee hike
To curb the rapidly increasing vehicular population in the city, the Delhi government is mulling a number of measures, including hefty hike in parking fees, introduction of congestion charges for entering in specific areas and improving the public transport system. The government has already taken an in-principle decision to increase parking fees on the recommendation of the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) and the high court-appointed Special Task Force.
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10,000 neem saplings planted in Sivasagar district
In a bid to save Sivasagar town in Assam from increasing pollution caused by a rapid increase in vehicular traffic, industrialisation and the oil industry ONGC, Sivasagar district administration
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Every third district in Uttar Pradesh is polluted
The Air, soil and water have reached heights in terms of pollution in Uttar Pradesh. Every year around 64 lakh due to water pollution, 25 lakh due to air pollution and 4.12 lakh due to vehicular
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Draft EIA report of 4.30 MTPA limestone production at Belgaum, Karnataka of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd.
<p>Draft EIA report of 4.30 MTPA limestone mining at Belgaum, Karnataka of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd.</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica,
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Traffic limits
Help combat air pollution
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Vehicular emissions are a cause for concern
<font class='UCASE'>Praful B Desai</font><font class='UCASE'>,</font> professor emeritus and former director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Leena Chakrabarti </font> on the increasing incidence of ca
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Vehicular Air Pollution in Colombo
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Vehicular Air Pollution in Colombo</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/srilanka/vehicular_pollution_hl.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 300px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>In Colombo vehicles are responsible for 60% of the air pollution load. The city is falling into the toxic grip of motorization. Colombo is in the grip of deadly dieselisation: the current level of diesel technology and fuel quality represents very special risk, as diesel vehicle fleet is expanding in a maniacal pace. Diesel vehicles are 45% of the total fleet that already use up more than 90% of the diesel fuel. The policy to under tax diesel fuel and maintain a wide gap with petrol prices is largely responsible for this trend in the region.</p>
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Jammed!
The state of our nation