The challenge of the chulha
Simply replacing the chulha won't help, we have to help the poor use clean renewable energy.
Simply replacing the chulha won't help, we have to help the poor use clean renewable energy.
Ministry of Environment has decided to enforce Euro-II emission standards for all new petrol driven imported and locally manufactured vehicles from July this year and the same standard would be applicable for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012.
Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, once hailed by President George W. Bush as a pollution-free solution for reducing the nation
Pollution control in Bhilai Steel Plant dated 07/05/2009
The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed rules to limit emissions of climate-changing gases from the manufacture of ethanol, a step that would probably curtail the expansion of corn ethanol production.
The ministries of health and environment recognising the increasing risk of asthma in the country has launched a joint asthma control programme. The programme was launched at a ceremony held here Tuesday on the occasion of the World Asthma Day organised by the ministries and the Allergy and Asthma Institute, Pakistan.
Speakers at a roundtable on Tuesday underscored the need for formulation of a policy with provisions to cut emissions from vehicles and brick fields in Dhaka city to ensure pollution-free air for the citizens. They said air pollution in the city was the major reason for mortality and diseases as it happened due to inaccessibility to clean water and sanitation.
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration issued a draft rule on Tuesday aiming to cut greenhouse gasses emitted by biofuels but confirming his predecessor's target for production of corn-based ethanol.
onthespot KATATEL OUTLETS The outlet near 8B bus stop Outlets selling katatel, a toxic mixture of petrol, kerosene and naphtha used to run autorickshaws, continue to thrive in the city with the police looking the other way. Metro spotted three outlets of the killer fuel in south Calcutta. Where: Near Jadavpur 8B bus stop
US energy companies rushing to exploit Pennsylvania's massive natural gas reserves have launched a public relations campaign to calm fears the bonanza is contaminating water with toxic chemicals. Drillers are holding public meetings to assure people the chemicals used to help extract gas from Pennsylvania's majority share of the Marcellus Shale cannot escape into drinking-water wells.
Experts and officials from some 150 countries started talks on Monday on banning production of nine chemicals considered potentially dangerous but still used in farming and for other commercial purposes.
Pune No gain from 2-month delay to enforce fare cut Three months after the state government asked Mumbai, Thane and Pune RTAs to reduce autorickshaw fares in tandem with the petrol price cut, Pune is still grappling with the problem.
Getting a staggering mileage of over 3,800 kilometres per litre plus seems unlikely, but this is the standard of fuel economy the teams competing in the Shell Eco-marathon project will be trying to achieve. The three-day event begins at the Euro Speedway Lausitz
Mandi Ahmedgarh: In an effort to join the poll campaigns of their candidates, farmers of the area falling under the Sangrur and Ludhiana districts continue to burn wheat stubble in their fields.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the country
This briefing note is the first of a 3-part series on the subject of pollution monitoring in India. The note will support the thematic online map on
Jamshedpur, April 30: In a renewed effort to rein in industries spewing poison in the air, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to rope in local villagers to provide feedback on units continuing to defy the board by not installing mandatory monitoring systems.
Ambient measurements of hazardous air pollutants (air toxics) have been used to validate model-predicted concentrations of air toxics but have not been used to perform risk screening at the national level. The authors used ambient concentrations of routinely measured air toxics to determine the relative importance of individual air toxics for chronic cancer and noncancer exposures.
Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) may contribute to premature mortality, but few studies to date have addressed this topic. This study assessed the association between TRAP and mortality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The main objective of this analysis was to demonstrate the schematics of the modeling approach in understanding the contribution of brick kiln emissions in Dhaka, the