Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Unsatisfied with unleaded fuel to solve pollution related problems, the Central Pollution Control Board wants to go a step ahead and introduce cleaner fuel. It has already put up a proposal to the effect with the Union petroleum ministry. The cleaner fuel would have lower quantities of sulphur, benzene and …
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) , a national body of doctors, has joined the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE0 in sounding a note of warning on diesel use. At a news conference IMA honorary general secretary Prem Aggarwal voiced concern at the "dieselisation of the environment" which, he said, …
California air quality regulators recommended Chevron Corp. be granted a first-ever exception to strict state requirements that allow only the sale of special clean-burning gasoline. A potential shortage of the super-clean gasoline was enough of a public threat to make an exception to the regulations, staff of the California Air …
High tax for high polluters : If a vehicle is a heavy polluter, its owner should pay heavier taxes, a task force of Japan's Environment Agency recommends in a report compiled Wednesday. But the report only proposes increasing the burden on old cars and those with diesel engines, and some …
Vehicle taxation should be eco-friendly : Changes to vehicle taxation to focus on reducing pollution were proposed by a research panel to the Japan Environment Agency on Wednesday. The panel, headed by Kyoto University Prof. Takamitsu Sawa, proposed in its report to impose two kinds of vehicle taxation calculated on …
The Nagpur-based Chief Controller of Explosive(CCE) office is studying the safety norms and cylinder design for use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel to drive cars and two-wheelers, but such use has not yet been cleared.
This story began with an early-morning phone call. "Do you know,' the caller said, "Toyota, TELCO and General Motors are ganging up to start a pro-diesel campaign? They plan to take journalists on freebies to see excellent diesel technology across the world.' Intrigued, I asked if the caller knew anyone …
Despite knowing that spm levels are extremely high in Delhi and that fine particles from diesel exhaust kill, trans national auto manufacturers in India evade the issue of diesel exhaust completely and spread total disinformation, especially as they know there is nobody in the government to question them. They are …
The questionnaire sent by CSE's Right To Clean Air Campaign to senior executives of transnational carmakers selling diesel cars in India: • We presume that you know that suspended particulate matter levels are very high in a city like Delhi; that respirable particulate matter is extremely carcinogenic; and that diesel …
On May 18, 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme announced that it had elected Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour for the company's "outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment'. It is well known that Toyota has been at …
Why has Daewoo not gone in for diesel cars when other car manufacturers are flooding the market with diesel models? It is true that some car manufacturers have introduced diesel models, luring customers with the initial price advantage and lower cost of running. But six months down the line, people …
Air pollution is one of the direct results of economic growth. With the introduction of economic reforms in 1991 in India, there has been a substantial degree of liberalisation in the car industry. Industrial growth in the country seems somewhat expensive when the tremendous costs to public health due to …
According to the World Health Organisation ( who ), spm is the most serious air pollutant on a worldwide basis. It causes the death of 460,000 people each year. In August 1998, the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) declared that particles in diesel emissions are toxic air contaminants. …
India is facing a serious double burden of disease. Most of the old infectious diseases like malaria, filariasis and kala-azar have not yet disappeared; indeed they are bouncing back. At the same time, other chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders are becoming more dominant. It …
The Delhi high court on Tuesday ruled that the authorities should issue a seven-day notice to erring vehicles owners before fining them for not keeping the pollution level under prescribed emission limits. The order will apply only to vehicles having pollution under control certificates. The authorities will be free to …
In a statement issued on Tuesday, members of the Indian Medical Association have urged the government to take immediate measures to control particulate emission from the diesel vehicles in the country. General secretary of the Indian Medical Association Dr Prem Agarwal said, "Scientific evidence on the harmful effects of diesel …
The US Justice Department has sued Toyota Motor Corp's US unit, seeking up to $58 billion in civil penalties for 2.2 million vehicles sold with allegedly illegal pollution-detection systems. The department, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency, said it seeks a court order that …
Toyota Motor Corp. said that it will take all legal measures to fight a U.S. Justice Department suit against its U.S. unit, alleging that the auto maker's onboard emissions-monitoring equipment doesn't satisfy federal requirements. The Justice Department decision was "extremely regrettable," Toyota said in a statement from Tokyo. "The onboard …
The new president of Toyota Motor Corp. took the news calmly when the U.S. government filed a lawsuit against a Toyota sales subsidiary seeking fines of up to $58.5 billion under the Clean Air Act. "I knew (in advance) that a lawsuit like this would be filed. I didn't have …
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. will turn down the U.S. Justice Department's final offer to settle charges that the pollution-detection computers on 2.2 million 1996-98 Toyota and Lexus models fail to comply with the law, USA Today said late last week. The deal, with a deadline of 5 p.m., EDT, …
