Appeal planned in vehicle ban order
The Delhi government is planning to appeal to the Supreme Court to extend the three-month deadline to phase out all the commercial vehicles which are older than 15 years from the city roads,till March next year.The transport minister, Mr Rajendra Gupta, said on Tuesday that the court's permission would be …
Containing dirty emissions
Air pollution in the Bangladesh city of Dhaka has long been a problem causing ill-health among the residents. Although no confirmation is really needed that the biggest source of these polluting emissions come from old vehicles plying on the roads, it is comforting to know that the police authorities as …
MCH vehicles not meeting emission standards
The Municipal corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), which paints the city green with hoardings calling for a "clean and green city", is the main culprit among government departments when it comes to atmospheric pollution caused by exhausts from vehicles. In all, 63 per cent of the 1061 petrol-driven and only 26 …
SC orders 15-year-old vehicles off Delhi roads
The Supreme Court in its oral observations made during the resumed hearing of the "Delhi-vehicular pollution-control matter" expressed its concern and distress at the apathy of the authorities concerned in implementing various directions issued by the Court from time to time and today issued some directions for mandatory compliance by …
A 'green' project waiting for green signal
As the Union Ministry for Surface Transport delays notification of propane as a permitted automotive fuel and development of codes and standards for automotive application of propane, the Delhi Govenrment's ambitious project of converting the Capital's 75,000-odd autorickshaws to the world's greenest fuel remains where it has been for nearly …
Transporters to seek review of order on phasing out old vehicles
Taken aback by a Supreme Court order directing all commercial vehicles older than 15 years should be phased out by October 2 this year, transporters now plan to file a review petition within the next two days. Davinder Puri, general secretary of the Federation of Transport Unions Congress, said the …
Breathe easy, city air now cleaner
The drive for cleaner air is paying dividends. Concentrations of hydrocarbons released by vehicles in Melbourne's central business district of Australia are now 61 per cent less than they were 15 years ago - even though the number of motor vehicles has risen. Much of the air quality gains are …
CM declares war against vehicle pollution
In order to check atmospheric pollution, the Andhra Pradesh State governemnt has initiated steps for phasing out petrol-driven two-stroke engines in two-wheelers and three-wheelers, reducing all categories of vehicles with old engines and restricting the growth of diesel-driven autorickshaws and taxis. Vehicles, both government and private, would not be allowed …
Getting the lead out
Lead in the atmosphere is nasty stuff. China has just struck a blow for cleaner air by ordering the lead out in several big cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. But a surge in the number of Chinese cars could quadruple lead emissions over the next 20 years.
Plans to fight pollution in city offered
Despite being embroiled in a blaming game, the three agencies responsible for ensuring a clean city of Dhaka have offered plans to fight pollution caused by nearly 2,50,000 black smoke-emitting vehicles to save lives of the capital's eight million people. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said it will set …
Not of delight
On July 20th Prescott the deputy prime minister of UK unveiled his transport white paper. Although the document was widely hailed as the most fundamental shift in transport policy for a generation, it will have only a marginal impact on growth in traffic. Britain's roads, already among the most congested …
Japan auto groups to set up CFC recovery system
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association (JAMA) said it and six other auto industry groups would establish a nationwide plan to recover and destroy chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) in the air conditioners of discarded automobiles in Japan.
Using Taxes as stick, U.K. aims to cut car travel
In an ambitious attempt to reverse the traffic growth that is choking Britain's cities and clogging its highways, the government announced broad plans to impose new taxes on cars entering crowded urban areas, bolster spending on bus and rail services and even encourage parents to walk their children to school. …
Canada to pay $13m to settle imports dispute
The Canadian government will pay US-based Ethyl Corporation, the chemicals group, US$13m to settle a lawsuit over Canada's ban on importing the fuel additive MMT. The government said that it had been unable to find scientific evidence justifying the ban, which began in June 1997 because of allegations from the …
New UK transport policy is good news for the environment
Speaking to journalists, Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of both the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), congragulated the British government on their Transport White Paper, calling it good news for the global environment. "The paper, which puts emphasis on reversing decades of …
Good fuel can check bad air
The availability of good quality fuel could go a long way in checking vehicular pollution, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. CPCB sources said the quality of the fuel, with reference to its physio-chemical properties, affects the emission character of the engines.
Electric cars available for rental in Japan
Japan's first car-rental agency to feature electric cars opened its doors in hopes of tapping into a fledging market for environmentally friendly transportation. The Kobe Eco Car Co. offers 24 electric cars and 4 gas-electric hybrid automobiles.
Toyota plans to export hybrid car in 2000
Toyota Motor Corp., stepping up its bid to be a big player in environmentally friendly cars, said it expects to export 20,000 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles a year to North America and Europe beginining in the year 2000.
In the dark
vehicular emissions account for two-thirds of the total pollution in Delhi. A study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute shows that vehicles generate 64 per cent of the total pollution loads while 16 per cent is generated by thermal power plants, 12 per cent by industries and seven per …
