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 …
NGT asks depot at Tughlakabad to furnish plan by July 31 The National Green Tribunal has granted an extension to the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tughlakabad to submit an action plan pertaining to the phasing out of diesel vehicles meant for transporting goods. Extending the time limit permitted to …
With a single long-term focus on shifting to electricity as a transport fuel, the government is ignoring more readily available cleaner alternatives such as Auto LPG that can play a significant role in cleaning up our air over the next two decades. Yet another recent report by Greenpeace found that …
Car manufacturers could take advantage of new European emissions rules to push sales of “fake electric” vehicles, green transport campaigners have warned. EU leaders agreed on a plan this week to cut CO2 pollution from new cars by over a third by 2030, including measures to incentivise the rollout of …
The city government plans to plant an additional 15 million trees, having already planted 15 million trees between 2014 and last year. Thirty million trees would have the effect of reducing particulate pollution generated by 64,000 aged diesel cars per year, and producing oxygen equivalent to the amount that 21 …
A ban on older diesel vehicles in the German city of Stuttgart will take effect on April 1 and will include car owners who live in the city, the city said on Thursday, following a local court ruling last year. The city said it would ban vehicles with engines conforming …
The GIZ Fuel Price Report 2018/19 presents fuel prices for 179 countries. This biennial study is conducted by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Minstry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and represents the most comprehensive dataset on fuel prices worldwide. This year's report marks the 20th year jubilee of …
Noting that Inland Container Depot at Tughlakabad (ICD/TK) here is causing air pollution, the National Green Tribunal has directed it to phase out diesel vehicles within six months and asked it submit an action plan on the issue within a month. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar …
Volkswagen says its cars compliant with norms, to challenge the NGT's order before Supreme Court The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday slapped a Rs 500-crore fine on German carmaker Volkswagen for presence of cheat devices in their diesel cars plying in India. The automobile giant has been asked to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Khera Vs Container Corporation of India Limited & Others dated 08/03/2019 regarding closing and shifting of operations of Depot of Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) from Delhi on account of polluting activities. NGT had directed the depot to …
Instant reading shows the level at 47 ug per cubic metre, which is also on the higher side. Hyderabad: The combustion of dried leaves, wood, and garbage in Sanathnagar has caused the particulate matter 2.5 levels to touch as high as 94 ug per cubic metre whereas the limit is …
Worldwide, emission from all sources caused an estimated 33.70 lakh deaths, out of which 3.85 lakh were attributable to transportation. Air pollution from transportation sources caused an estimated 74,000 deaths in India in 2015, out of which two-thirds (66%) could be attributed to tailpipe emissions from diesel vehicles on the …
On-road diesel vehicles were responsible for nearly half of the health impacts of air pollution from vehicles worldwide in 2015. The global cost of these transportation-attributable health impacts in 2010 and 2015 was approximately USD one trillion. As much as two thirds of deaths from air pollution in India can …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the National Green Tribunal can examine automobile manufacturers other than Volkswagen also for flouting emission norms if it deemed fit to widen the judicial scrutiny. However, it refused to interfere with the NGT’s proceedings related to Volkswagen India over allegations that the German …
China's top environmental watchdog has vowed to succeed in air pollution control this year by enhancing the management of diesel-powered trucks while further reducing industrial emissions. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue this year to implement the 2018-20 air pollution control plan, which aims to control bulk coal …
GURUGRAM: September was clearly the best month in 2018 for Gurugram. Can’t recall anything special? Data on the city’s pollution levels shows September 8, 9 and 10 were the only ‘good’ days last year when air quality was below 50 micrograms per cubic metre. In other words, you breathed clean …
The economic situation in Zimbabwe is getting worse, as trade unions and protesters call for a three-day strike. It came after the cost of petrol and diesel more than doubled on Sunday. Two people were reportedly shot in the capital, Harare, as demonstrators barricaded roads and set tires on fire. …
Volkswagen had to recall hundreds of thousands of cars around the world since it admitted in September 2015 to installing illegal software in diesel engines. Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) is considering recalling more Volkswagen cars due to its emissions scandal, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. …
The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed two contracts worth EGP 20m with Car-Gas and Gastec to convert 4,000 cars from operating on diesel fuel to compressed natural gas (CNG). The contracts come in the framework of the Towards Natural Gas initiative launched by MSMEDA and the …
The government of Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg state has lodged a damages claim worth millions of euros against the carmaker Volkswagen (VW). The complaint, which relates to 1,400 VW diesel vehicles bought by Baden-Wuerttemberg, was lodged at the end of 2018, a spokeswoman for the state Finance Ministry said Friday. VW currently …
The case for: ‘Children’s lungs can’t wait’ “I’m just really glad the ULEZ is coming. Children’s lungs can’t wait,” says Jemima Hartshorn, a Brixton resident who helped set up campaign group Mums For Lungs. London’s filthy air makes chronic illnesses worse, shortens life expectancy and damages lung development in children. …
