City to use new technology to check pollution
In a bid to control pollution, the Delhi government
In a bid to control pollution, the Delhi government
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government
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The ethanol industry called for requirements that all vehicles sold in the United States accept high blends of the alternative motor fuel as part of a push to lower greenhouse gas emissions and provide jobs at home.
Transport operators faced a double whammy on Monday with the Supreme Court refusing to give polluting buses and taxis a new lease of life and Calcutta High Court dismissing a petition challenging the decision to junk seized two-stroke autos.
As Sadhan Maiti drove his 16-year-old auto past a police van on Sunday, the two-stroke sham behind the ban smokescreen was out in the open.
Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) are all set to sign an implementation agreement to develop the 'pollution free' Coal, Cement and Clinker Terminal (CCCT) worth $175 million at Port Qasim.
LG Chem Ltd will have the capacity to build battery cells that could support up to 250,000 electric vehicles in the United States when its first U.S. plant becomes fully operational in 2013, the chief of the U.S. unit said on Thursday.
Pune In a new twist to the bus purchase saga, the Central Government has opposed the proposal of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) to purchase 200 low-floor CNG-run buses and asked it to go for diesel-run buses instead, saying the CNG-bus manufacturers would not be able to supply the buses in time.
New Delhi: In a bid to crack down on polluting vehicles, the transport department is planning to procure remote sensing pollution checking equipment to replace the obsolete hand-held device which is currently being used. Field demonstrations of the machine will take place for a week from August 10.
Bangladesh's central bank has launched a 2 billion taka ($29 million) refinance scheme for renewable energy in an effort to help ease power and gas crisis and reduce pollution.
A small, retrofitted LPG kit may make 10,000 two-stroke autos street legal but they will continue to pollute more than the four-stroke ones, warn experts.
J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay, at this stage, the operation of the Calcutta High Court orders directing implementation of State government notification to phase out transport vehicles which were 15-year-old with effect from August 1.
An easier and online method of monitoring pollution caused by factories has arrived in the state. Reshoo-e-System, a Chennai-based company, today launched the Online Dust Analyser
There is no proposal by the government to restrict the use of private cars in the city in order to cut carbon dioxide emissions, nor is there a plan to impose any congestion tax, Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Monday.
- LPG plan activated to let more autos run as real test begins OUR BUREAU As the city braces for its first weekday tomorrow since the vehicle pollution ban hit its streets, the government has worked out a plan of
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand account for high level of hazardous pollutants emitted by their respective thermal power generating plants.
Pune Several IT firms and IT parks have introduced parking fee for employees. Many of them say it is to encourage them to opt for car pools or use company transport. Infosys is also charging its staff for use of its nine-storey parking facility.
Manas Dasgupta GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the Centre to provide necessary funds for the development of the State