Myth busted: Ethanol as polluting a fuel as petrol
Rio De Janeiro: Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil
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Asia-Pacific gas market growth
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) released this Asia-Pacific Gas Market Growth report which is undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers for APPEA under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP).
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Cyclathon to show how to beat pollution on two wheels
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to hold a
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Automakers fume over lack of clarity on emissions deadline
Bharat Stage II and IV fuels cannot co-exist, say manufacturers. Awaiting extension Oil refiners are keeping their fingers crossed about a possible extension to the deadline, preferably October 1, when BS III-compliant fuel will be freely available. Murali Gopalan
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Schwarzenegger Boosts Clean Energy Plan
California's governor on Tuesday ordered that a third of the state's electricity come from renewable resources by 2020, the same amount as a legislature plan but with promises to let power companies get more electricity from outside the state.
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Place curbs on new vehicles, like birth control: HC to govt
Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Saturday observed that there should be restrictions on the number of new vehicles hitting the city roads as increasing the infrastructure is not a solution.
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Pollution: residents threaten to launch agitation
ERODE: Residents of Maravapalayam, coming under Suriyampalayam town panchayat, have sought district administrations intervention in solving the air pollution in the locality. In a petition to the Collector the residents have said that smoke and fumes from a tannery in the area was making life difficult for the 2,000-odd residents, who have been living there for very many years.
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Fogging poses health hazards
Sept. 15: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
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India could miss April 1 clean fuel deadline
Murali Gopalan Richa Mishra Mumbai/New Delhi, Sept. 15 With barely six months to go before the new emission norms become mandatory, it increasingly looks as if the April 1, 2010 deadline will not be met across the country.
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Business as usual
Vehicles more than 15 years old and two-stroke auto rickshaws continue to ply on Kolkata streets. This is despite the high court setting August 1 as the deadline to get such vehicles off the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and the Supreme Court upholding the high court order (see
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The eco-friendly way to heaven
Kumar Manish TNN Ahmedabad: The number of ecoconscious people is growing steadily. This is highlighted by the fact that more people are opting for electric and CNG cremation for dear ones. According to Birth & Death Control Department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), there has been a jump in number of families which are voluntarily opting for environment friendly funerals.
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Pollution control masks distributed
The society should do its bit to provide protection to policemen who are always on their toes in safeguarding the people from anti-social elements, opined Kannada cine actor Puneet Rajkumar, here on Saturday.
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Essent Sees 1 Million Dutch Electric Cars By 2020
Dutch utility Essent expects to see one million electric vehicles on the roads in the Netherlands by 2020, its head of new energy said on Thursday. Alexandra van Huffelen said Essent was working with other Dutch companies to stimulate the industry, lobbying the government to speed up the introduction of electric cars and launching demonstration projects around the country.
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CNG kit explodes inside car garage, 1 injured
LUCKNOW: A middle-aged man suffered burn injuries after a car which was being installed with a CNG kit caught fire here on Wednesday afternoon. The incident was reported from Chinhat police circle.
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Speed bump makes green power from passing cars
Washington: A team of scientists has created a prototype of aspeed bump that can capture kinetic energy from vehicles passing by, to convert it into clean green electricity. According to a Fox News report, the prototype, known as the
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Govt ropes in DU for citys carbon mapping
Sept. 8: The Delhi government is going for carbon mapping of the city in its attempt to curb pollution. Inspired by London, which has done similar carbon mapping, the Delhi government has assigned the work to Delhi University.
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Has the Time Finally Come For Diesel Hybrids?
The combination of electric motors and diesel engines has worked well in locomotives and heavy trucks for years, but carmakers haven't been successful in getting beyond the concept car stage for light duty vehicles. Five years after I started writing about the potential for diesel hybrids, the passenger vehicle market is still relatively quiet -- but that at last may change.
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AIIMS to run CNG mini buses on its campus
New Delhi: In order to improve the transport facility within AIIMS, the institute is planning to replace its existing fleet of seven batteryoperated buses with CNG mini buses. These buses ply between the OPD block and the parking area, which is nearly a kilometre away from the OPD.