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 …
New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that 27% of the car and SUV models displayed at the recently-concluded auto expo were of 2,000cc diesel engines. The Supreme Court has banned the sale of such vehicles till March 31, 2016. "This is in complete disregard of the …
Environmental advocacy group CSE today said the just-concluded Auto Expo showed that the car industry is "hard-selling diesel car models to add to the scary trend in toxic pollution exposure and lung cancer risk". The group, which alleged that the auto industry is taking advantage of distorted fuel pricing policy, …
Delhi-based advocacy organisation urges Global CEO Ralph Speth to retract them and support govt in bringing clean diesel technology The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has condemned the remarks made by Ralph Speth, chief of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover over Delhi's air quality. The Delhi-based research and advocacy …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, the car companies cannot be allowed to “hide behind such claims” amid raging concerns over “toxic diesel emissions even in advanced markets today”. Slamming Jaguar Land Rover for calling Delhi air sucked in by its cars ‘far dirtier’ than what they emit, …
New Delhi: The SUV may be a bad word in the pollution-hit, and now occasionally odd-even, capital, but guzzlers were the flavour of the season at the country's biggest auto extravaganza that kicked off on Wednesday. From Maruti and Hyundai to BMW and Mercedes-Benz, all car-makers unveiled off-roaders, with Jeep …
GREATER NOIDA: Mercedes-Benz India Ltd's winning streak in the luxury race has been threatened by the Supreme Court-imposed curb on sale of diesel vehicles with higher engine capacity in the National Capital Region. With diesel accounting for 80% of its sales in India and Delhi accounting for one in every …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to mull over the ways for better implementation of pollution control laws and asked it to devise a strategy in this regard. A bench, headed by Justice M S Nambiar, noted that bursting …
The California Air Resources Board and Environmental Protection Agency said late on Tuesday that Volkswagen AG submitted a plan to fix 80,000 recalled 3.0 liter diesel SUVs and cars that emit up to nine times legally allowable pollution. After more than four months of lengthy talks and making little apparent …
Today if you dare to walk down Ahmedabad's busy IIM-Keshavbaugh or Mani nagar road stretches during peak hours you will be exposed to a level of pollution that is almost 10 to 12 times more toxic than what is acceptable under the current central pollution control board standards. What is …
Gurgaon: More than a month after the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) ordered a stop on the registration of new diesel autos and renewal of fitness certificates for old ones with immediate effect, there seems to be no change at the ground level as new certificates are still …
DEHRADUN: It was hard work acknowledged for Preeti Handa Kakkar, a Doon professor who recently bagged the "Young scientist award" for her work presented on how fish health and aquatic life is disturbed due to diesel and pollution in the water bodies at the International Conference on Advances in Science, …
Energy efficiency standards based on product attributes may interact with market conditions and affect the overall stringency of the standards. In this paper analyze the interaction between gasoline prices and the redesigned and tightened federal fuel economy standards. Tighter standards will tend to reduce the effect of gasoline prices on …
Charging battery-operated vehicles to be a tedious task, experts say efficacy less in colder climes The Himachal government will run both the CNG as well as battery-operated electric vehicles on the 51-km stretch between Manali and Rohtang. But the setting up of the mother and daughter CNG filling stations in …
Global energy demand will increase 25 percent between 2014 and 2040, driven by population growth and economic expansion, ExxonMobil said in the 2016 edition of The Outlook for Energy. At the same time, energy efficiency gains and increased use of renewable energy sources and lower carbon fuels, such as natural …
The number of premature deaths attributed to particulate pollution has risen, government figures show. According to Public Health England, the percentage of premature deaths attributable to minute particles known as PM2.5s rose to 5.3% in 2013 in England from 5.1% in 2012. The death rate in London rose to 6.7% …
With 'polluting' diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the government's fuel policy was the major culprit …
New Delhi: While car owners grumpily awaited their alternate day on Delhi roads during the recent 15-day driving experiment, there was one group that grinned happily every day. They were owners of cars that had a bright sticker saying 'CNG' stuck on their windshields. Cars running on compressed natural gas, …
Patna: The Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED), which on Sunday released its report 'Towards Healthy Air for Patna', claimed that vehicles contributed to about 12% of air pollution in Patna and government should provide effective public transport to curb this alarming situation. CEED's programme manager Ankiya Jyoti said …
French carmaker Renault on Monday promised to come up with a “technical plan” over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions of its vehicles. On Thursday, a government-appointed commission said that Renault’s diesel cars failed pollution tests and investigators raided its facilities, raising fears the French carmaker could be caught …
Planned new ‘real driving emissions’ (RDE) test limits that would let cars substantially breach nitrogen oxide (NOx) standards are illegal under EU law, according to new legal analysis seen by the Guardian. The proposed ‘Euro 6’ tests would allow diesel cars to emit more than double the bloc’s ‘80 mg …
