Trapping speedsters
The UK police department is testing a new generation of digital speed traps that could make it impossible for drivers to beat speed checks. Until now, most speed traps use radar to detect the speed
The UK police department is testing a new generation of digital speed traps that could make it impossible for drivers to beat speed checks. Until now, most speed traps use radar to detect the speed
Breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two part format while delivering his maiden budget speech on February 28. But there was no departure from practice in this year s Union budget as it was at the end o
US-based company Arctic Cat has come out with a means to combat noise and air pollution caused by snowmobiles in national parks. The company has introduced the
Thanks to a Japanese company, Soft99, you can now "wash' your car without so much as using water. The company has developed a "wet wax' sheet, a multi-layer textile, which stores a thin bed of
Imagine a system for cleaning alcohol from the exhaust gas of engines or industrial machinery, which is based on yeast. Suntory, a Japanese company based in Osaka that is better known for producing
Vehicle manufacturers conveniently outsource most of their polluting processes
The Indian auto industry has got stuck with obsolete engines. It needs a jump start
Heavy polluters have to pay heavy fines. Truck manufacturers realise this the hard way
Automakers are realising the advantages of four stroke engines. But fuel cells and electric vehicles remain the industry s orphans
A public relations agency, Burson-Marsteller Roger Pereira, has come out with a newsletter entitled
A European study determined that exposure to traffic related air pollution, in particular diesel exhaust particles, may lead to reduced lung function in children living near major motorways.
The one sector which is running amok in terms of growth of emissions is transport. Between 1990 and 2005, the maximum increase in emissions of rich countries was in this sector
The CSE thesis of devil engines is simply deceptive. It is, to say the least, unbelievable that improved, pollution-controlled new technology engines and 0.05 per cent (50 parts per million) sulphur quality diesel are more lethal
The memory of last year's oil price hike, and its economic and political fallouts, has faded from memory. As India awaits the 2007-08 Union budget, newspapers are abuzz with reports of more tax cuts
flare-down: The burning of natural gas by oil firms in the Niger Delta violates the human rights of local people and should be stopped immediately, ruled the high court of Benin City in Nigeria. The
Why is Delhi delaying the implementation of its parking policy? Is vote bank politics trumping over a much needed move to unclog the national capital?We discuss on urban Reality this week.