Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/03/2024. The Special Protection Group (SPG) filed the application to direct the Transport Department, NCT of Delhi to allow extension of registration period of specialized armoured vehicles - 3 in number …
The relationship between microbial biodiversity and soil function is an important issue in ecology, yet most studies have been performed in pristine ecosystems. Here, we assess the role of microbial diversity in ecological function and remediation strategies in diesel-contaminated soils. Soil microbial diversity was manipulated using a removal by dilution …
Environmental lawyers’ group says unlawful Environment Agency permits have dropped important requirements Scores of Britain’s coal-fired power stations, steel plants and iron works will no longer have to maintain a plan to show they will meet air pollution standards under the latest permits issued by the government. ClientEarth, a group …
Vehicle excise duty (VED) should be raised for new diesel cars in an attempt to improve air quality, a think-tank has said. Policy Exchange claimed VED for diesel vehicles should be increased by up to £800 to reflect the higher level of air pollution they cause, compared with petrol cars. …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) took an initiative to check the overall benefits of introducing electric buses as a suitable replacement for the diesel buses to tackle the burgeoning pollution in the city of Bengaluru, India. For a trial run of three months, an electric bus was procured from …
The primary objective of this literature review is to provide a glimpse at technology changes for diesel and natural gas (NG) engines in the HDV space that are expected over the next 10 to 15 years as India transitions to world-class criteria pollutant emissions standards and improved efficiency becomes a …
NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: Despite NGT's order on Ghaziabad transport department has issued fitness certificates of 1990 and 2002 make models. TOI has copies of fitness certificate of these vehicles which are issued by Ghaziabad transport department with the provision of motor vehicle act 1988. UP transport commissioner has promised to take stringent …
PUNE: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the move by union finance minister Arun Jaitley to integrate pollution concerns with the Union budget and send fiscal signals to discourage polluting technologies. It has not only made polluting technologies and fuels such as diesel cars and coal pay …
National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued notices to 13 cement manufacturers in Delhi and the rest of NCR for allegedly violating its order on overloading of vehicles. It also pulled up the companies for allegedly flouting provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act and causing air pollution. Petitioner Neena Pradeep, in …
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had not opened an official investigation into Daimler's luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz but had only requested information to explain emissions levels in some of its cars. A spokesman for Daimler said on Sunday it was fully cooperating with the request for information, …
This analysis examines the environmental risks of the commercialization of diesel passenger cars in Brazil, including a potential increase in NOX and PM2.5 emissions, both of which contribute to poor air quality and negatively impact human health, as well as greenhouse gases and other species that contribute to climate change. …
This report presents the manufacturing costs of emission control technology used to meet recent U.S. and European emission standards for heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles. The costs assessed include both the in-cylinder technologies to control engine-out emissions and the after treatment technologies that act on the exhaust stream. With the …
The Arctic is thawing even faster than lawmakers can formulate new rules to prevent the environmental threat of heavy fuel oil pollution from ships plying an increasingly popular trade route. Average Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world and the polar ice cap's permanent cover …
Toxins from air pollution are contributing to the deaths of around 40,000 people a year in the UK, a landmark study has found. The report by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warns that the health impact of Britain's air pollution is …
CHENNAI: With low-cost sensors and pollution monitoring equipment in their backpacks, students of IIT Madras are venturing out to research on pollution triggers in specific locations across the city. Taking a hyper-local approach to study rising levels of air pollution, the students hope to identify areas in the city that …
New Delhi: The transport department issued a public notice on Thursday against diesel trucks entering the city. The notice comes after a Supreme Court order banning entry of polluting vehicles not destined for Delhi. However, officials admit that enforcing the rule may prove to be difficult. "Non-destined trucks have been …
Buses to be replaced by March 2021; buses with seating capacity of 37 and above to be eligible for replacement scheme subsidy PANJIM: The State government on Thursday ordered the scrapping of all private and government (KTCL) owned buses older than 15 years in a phased manner starting from March …
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has canvassed for government to support complete ban on passenger diesel vehicles in Delhi. EPCA member Sunita Narain met road transport ministry officials to convince them, barely two days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Delhi's air pollution case - on Thursday. …
Even as the directives issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to ban plying of 15-year-old petrol and diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR) are yet to be enforced, Punjab is contemplating drafting a policy to thwart ‘dumping’ of such vehicles in the state. In November 2014, the …
NEW DELHI: An appeal filed in the Supreme Court has sought a modification to its recent order banning registrations of diesel SUVs of more than 2000cc engines. Dr Sanjay Kulshrestha, a paediatric surgeon who impleaded himself in the MC Mehta vs Union of India case against high air pollution levels …
National Green Tribunal has asked government agencies why they have not submitted their views on phasing out over a decade old diesel vehicles in their departments, despite its specific directions two months ago. The green panel had on December 11 last year directed the central and state governments to take …
