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 …
For a city which is choking on the vomit of its vehicles, the recent auto exposition in Delhi was grotesque. The exposition revealed trends which will make matters much worse for our air and health. It is not just the sheer number of brands which will hit the Indian market …
About 2,00,000 doctors and hundreds of patients suffering from respiratory disorders on Friday criticised the Delhi govrernment's decision to withdraw the ban on polluting vehicles. The Centre for Science and Environment, which has launched a movement against the lifting of the ban, claimed that about 1,80,000 doctors belonging to the …
In the last few days the Ministry has rolled back two decisions to control vehicular emissions. The Transport Ministry decided that to test the fitness of a vehicle, a Motor Vehicles Inspector (MVI) would take the test, which would take the test, which would again be conducted by a Chief …
Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana has said that under no circumstances would 15-year-old commercial vehicles be taken off the roads. He also promised that when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power at the centre, permits for vehicles would be issued only for a period, of five …
In the search for more energy efficient, environmentally friendly vehicles, billions of research dollars are being invested to develop once futuristic technologies such as hydrogen-powered fuel cells and turbine/electric "hybrids". The search is proving fruitful. Within 10 years, technologies that were once used mainly in space programs could find application …
Environmental campaigners have roundly criticised MEPs for failing to take a tough enough stand on proposed new air quality targets for the Union. A coalition of consumer protection, health and green groups have accused the European Parliament's environment committee of bowing to pressure from industry in deciding to give southern …
The French cabinet approved anti-pollution measures that will favor owners of newer, environmentally friendly vehicles. The government intends to send green stickers to people with approved cars that would allow them to drive during pollution alerts.
The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered that hundreds of thousands of modern heavy duty diesel truck engines run cleanly during the agency's mandatory performance tests but give off much more pollution in normal highway use, Federal officials say.
A general Motors-patented pollution control and fuel-saving device has been awaiting testing for over a year now at the Petroleum Conservation Research Association, a premier agency whose primary objective is to evaluate fuel-saving devices.
A leading NGO has appealed to Delhities to call up chief minister Sahib Singh Verma on Friday to register their protest against his government's reported decision to scrap the ban on commercial vehicles older than 15 years. Calling for the novel "jam-their-phone lines to be heard" campaign, the Centre for …
Part of the Clinton's administration's recent $6.3 billion package of tax incentives and research money to combat global warming is focused on finding new ways to clean up and market what has been a little used automotive technology in the U.S.
The Bhartiya Janata Party, in its election manifesto released on Friday, resolved to have a "pollution free Delhi " . Among the steps it says it will take is checking vehicluar pollution.
Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaad now seems almost certain to call for binding carbon dioxide emission targets to be imposed on EU car manufacturers.The European Commission and the auto industry theoretically have until the March meeting of Union environment ministers to try to reach a negotiated agreement on carbon dioxide (CO2) …
The Delhi government on Wednesday issued a public order withdrawing the ban on 15-year-old commercial vehicles. In an order issued on Wednesday, transport minister Rajendra Gupta said the government has decided to maintain status quo over the entire issue, "as there is lot of confusion over the order."
Road humps are a serious environmental threat, causing inceases in car exhaust pollution of at least 50 per cent and worsening petrol consumption, according to a British government-funded study.The report blamed the increased braking and acceleration that so-called 'sleeping policemen' generated as cars negotiated them slowly, then speeded up until …
General Motors Corp. and Amoco Corp. said they would develop a diesel fuel that could be used in alternative-power vehicles being considered by GM to reduce pollution and increase fuel efficiency.
On January 15th a number of sustainable transport advocates, under the banner of the UN NGO transport caucus, held a meeting with Global Environment Fund (GEF) staff to comment on the GEF paper "Draft Operational Program No. 11: Promoting Sustainable Transport Infrastructure". The final document should be ready by November. …
Auto makers have made a lot of noise about clean car technology for the new millennium. Now the industry must decide whether to roll out cleaner cars this year using technology that could have been on the road two years ago. Whether consumers-in the U.S. at least-will get cleaner cars …
According to the recent surveys conducted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, more than 50 per cent of the city's population suffer from atmospheric pollution caused by carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide emitted mostly by the city's vehicles. The municipal council has advised the central environmental authority to take necessary …
