Stuck in small pockets
Several colony specific environmental problems surfaced during the election campaign in Delhi and that's where they remained.
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Tailpipe row
The Tokyo High Court has begun hearing a seven-year-old air pollution case that targets the Japanese authorities for putting at risk the health of the capital city's residents by not introducing
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Polluting oligopoly
A clutch of automakers to blame for almost all of the tailpipe emissions in the US
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A clean way to save cash
It has always been accepted that large companies and vehicular emissions are responsible for most global pollution. But even as soot piles up in our cities, some corporations have taken it upon
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Diesel vs Cars Environment
Diesel vehicles still have a long way to go as far as controlling particulate emissions is concerned and at the current level of technology development, diesel is harmful to public health
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Asthma and allergy
There s more to diesel than cancer. And at the receiving end is poor people
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Waking up to a killer
They operate across international borders. There is no way transnational carmakers do not know that tiny particles from diesel emissions kill
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Delhi government
Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG
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Owning up
Public pressure forces SIAM to give emissions warranty
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Changing gears
Automakers are realising the advantages of four stroke engines. But fuel cells and electric vehicles remain the industry s orphans
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Superheroes of Manila's traffic
Converted World War II vintage jeeps, called jeepneys in the Philippines, are the most popular mode of public transport in Manila. They are cheaper than private buses and more efficient than the city's rail shuttle.
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Hazardous votes
The true Bharat Ratnas will be those individuals who will get India s millions clean water, clean air and adequate food
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SIAM passes the buck
Indian automakers are at it again: blaming vehicle owners for emissions
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Roads to hell
Indian industrialists, from Bajaj to the Tatas and Birlas, have walked away with environmental rape, partly because they lack conscience
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The benefits of low sulphur fuels in India
In short, India stands to gain much more by implementing lower sulphur fuels in tandem with other vehicular emission control measures. In particular, these benefits will stem from adopting a “one country,
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Cries of anguish
Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air largely products of vehicular emissions and scientists are finding newer and deadlier things about pollution. Surprisingly, this is not confined to metropolitan cities. Evidence
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Air Pollution in the Month of October is Getting Worse - is Delhi Ready?
<div>For the city of Delhi, an air quality index methodology was proposed and applied for six criteria pollutants - PM10, PM2.5, CO, NOx, SO2, and Ozone and analyzed for trends in the past three years of data. The AQI is reported on a scale of 0 to 500 and subdivided into six colored bins for easy understanding of the common person and the media.
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Defiling the sacred
How the environment sacred to Hindus is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
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Submerged in severe pollution
Kathmandu valley (Nepal) is experiencing severe air pollution due to brick kilns, cement factory, domestic fuel, and ever increasing vehicular traffic. The city is suffering from poor waste
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Where have all the greens gone?
If Ahmedabad is rated high on the pollution charts, the fault doesn't entirely lie with the increasing vehicular traffic but also on the fast depletion of the city's green cover. In fact, one finds