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 …
Several studies have found that taxing vehicle purchase or ownership on the basis of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduces CO2 emissions. This paper shows that CO2-based vehicle taxation can raise emissions of other pollutants that harm air quality and that the magnitude of this unintended effect depends on consumer substitution …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Delhi government and the Delhi Police to impound four-wheelers running on diesel in the capital under the Environment Protection Act. The bench also directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to hold a meeting with the neighbouring states on the issue …
KOLKATA: The city's air was more toxic than Delhi's on four days last week. Kolkata's PM2.5 (finer particulate matter that goes straight into the lungs) count was consistently more than five times the safe limit since Wednesday. The count dipped a bit on Sunday because of fewer vehicles on the …
The Tribunal has banned petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years from plying in Delhi-NCR. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Ministry of Heavy Industries for failing to come up with an incentive policy to scrap old vehicles. “You made tall …
A remote tropical island has catapulted itself headlong into the future by ditching diesel and powering all homes and businesses with the scorching South Pacific sun. Using more than 5,000 solar panels and 60 Tesla power packs the tiny island of Ta’u in American Samoa is now entirely self-sufficient for …
Only four of the 12 largest companies — Peugeot Citroën, Toyota, Renault-Nissan and Volvo — are on track to hit incoming EU targets, according to PA Consulting group, which advises many of the companies on manufacturing and technology. Volkswagen, BMW and Fiat Chrysler are furthest behind in electric car development …
Diesel engines power the dominant share of goods movement, construction equipment, and public transport vehicles in the global economy. This report presents a global strategy to reduce fine particulate (PM2.5) and black carbon emissions from the global fleet of on-road diesel vehicles. The strategy identifies 36 countries for immediate action. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/11/2016 regarding prohibition for plying of vehicles diesel older than 10 years and petrol older than 15 years in Delhi NCR to ensure reduction of pollution of ambient air in Delhi …
The AAP government today told the Delhi high court that from tomorrow CNG kit manufacturers and suppliers in the city can get themselves registered online with the transport department, enabling them to fit CNG kits in the 'in-use' vehicles. The submission was made before justice Manmohan after he rapped the …
Around 1.9 lakh diesel vehicles, which are more than 15 years old, are set to go off the city's roads in view of the direction by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to the Delhi government. The city government has submitted to the NGT a list of 1.9 lakh such vehicles …
Pollution levels in Delhi are on a rise and yet again a marathon takes place despite the risks. The contestants braved the conditions and this happened after the city's High Court said that it was not safe. Well, you can't keep the enthusiasm down can you? If you can run …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued an order to extend the ban on generators and to continue the closure of all units of the Badarpur Thermal Power Plant till January 31 next year. Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday reviewed the progress of implementation of steps to …
Delhi's fight against pollution is likely to hit the diesel roadblock even in the public transport segment. While the Delhi government runs all its buses on CNG, a large number of buses plying in the city are still fuelled by diesel. These are plying as private 'chartered' buses, with most …
If pollution scenario in Delhi is 'dreaded', Kolkata is not far behind. By Tuesday 5pm, Kolkata emerged as the second worst polluted city in the country as far as respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) pol lution is concerned. The gap between pollution of two cities is also narrowing. At 5pm, Kolkata's …
Authorities in New Delhi began revoking licences for thousands of older diesel vehicles on Tuesday and halted construction work on the underground rail network, as air pollution remained several times over the safety limit despite easing from Monday. The measures were the latest attempt to lift a thick haze of …
IN A meeting held on Monday, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung directed the Delhi Police to be the “field workers core to implementing the decisions” taken to mitigate pollution levels in the city. The meeting was attended by all civic agency heads, the Delhi Police, the Delhi Cabinet ministers and environmentalists …
NEW DELHI: As the capital continued to suffer one of its worst spells of air pollution in living memory and air quality further dipped to the season's lowest on Sunday, the Delhi government finally announced a slew of emergency measures to deal with the public health crisis. All schools have …
The principal driver of air pollution in London is road transport and, within that, diesel vehicles. Nearly 40 per cent of all NOx emissions within London come from diesel vehicles, and unless this is explicitly tackled it will be impossible to cleanse London’s air. New modelling by King’s College London …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed pollution control watchdog EPCA threw a surprise on Wednesday suggesting that vehicle manufacturers should stop selling vehicles that are BS-III compliant from next April. However, both automobile manufacturers and government don't favour such change in the policy, which they claimed would cause chaos. Sources said …
After two spells of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘odd-even’ experiment—odd-numbered cars were allowed to ply on odd-dates—and even the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on 2,000cc+ diesel vehicles failed to fix Delhi’s pollution, it is just as well that NGT has asked Kejriwal to meet with other regulatory bodies …
