Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
Many new vehicle technologies are claiming to be the best in class to reduce the impact on the environment. However what are ‘green’ or ‘clean’ vehicles? How can this be assessed in the appropriate scientific way? The underling assessment compares the environmental aspects of mainly compressed natural gas (CNG) and …
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has unveiled plans to exit importation of petroleum products by 20I9. Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, made this known while fielding questions from journalists on the sidelines of the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, United States, yesterday. Baru who was represented …
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, many governments will have to reform their energy policies. These policies are difficult to measure with any precision. As a result, it is unclear whether progress has been made towards important energy policy reforms, such as reducing fossil fuel subsidies. We …
This report provides a summary of the quality of petrol and diesel used for road transport in the European Union under the requirements of the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), based on the information reported by Member States for 2015. EU Member States must sample fuels each year and analyse technical …
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 Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics presents updated comprehensive statistics on various aspects of Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas sector. The data on international developments in respect of the key parameters of Petroleum and Natural Gas sector have also been captured in the publication. The Statistics presented in the …
Car industry successfully lobbied for loopholes to dilute EU laws limiting toxic particulates emissions for new cars, the Guardian has learned New European cars with petrol engines will be allowed to overshoot a limit on toxic particulates emissions by 50% under a draft EU regulation backed by the UK and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Laljibhai Kadvabhai Savaliya & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 05/10/2016 regarding Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 enacted by Parliament to provide for the acquisition of right of user …
Anthropogenic emissions completely overwhelmed natural marine lead (Pb) sources during the past century, predominantly due to leaded petrol usage. Here, based on Pb isotope measurements, we reassess the importance of natural and anthropogenic Pb sources to the tropical North Atlantic following the nearly complete global cessation of leaded petrol use. …
Air pollution would cause the deaths of at least 2500 people across Sydney and Melbourne in the year 2030 even if the federal government swiftly clamped down on poisonous car fuels, a government-commissioned report has found. The alarming figures increase pressure on the Turnbull government to introduce cleaner fuel standards …
A new report by UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Resources for Green Budget Europe outlines options for fiscal reform to tackle air pollution from diesel cars. The report ‘Tackling air pollution from diesel cars through tax: options for the UK' by UCL ISR’s Paul Drummond and Paul Ekins considers higher registration …
Norway is set to ‘completely ban’ the sale of all petrol and diesel powered cars in the next 10 years. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reached a concrete agreement that 100 per cent of Norway’s cars should be powered by …
Major car makers like Hyundai and Honda are re-working their strategy to meet the demand for more petrol vehicles. With diesel vehicles facing the wrath of the courts due to pollution concerns, car buyers seem to have begun lapping up petrol variants — prompting automakers to recalibrate their production strategy. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding rising air pollution in cities of India. NGT directs the States to provide information on two or more most polluted cities in the States and also vehicular population.
The growing fleet of tankers stuck off Nigeria unable to unload their cargoes of diesel and petrol is an even-present reminder for President Muhammadu Buhari that another fuel crisis is looming on the horizon. At least 75 ships with two and a half million tonnes of fuel are waiting for …
The fuel economy of gasoline vehicles will increase to meet 2025 corporate average fuel economy standards(CAFE). However, dedicated compressed natural gas(CNG) and battery electric vehicles (BEV) already exceed future CAFE fuel economy targets because only 15% of non-petroleum energy use is accounted for when determining compliance. This study aims to …
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the subject 'Ethanol Blended Petrol and Bio-Diesel Policy' of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas‟. The Seventh …
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living. There was no increase in the income-tax exemption limits, nor was there any hike in tax-saving instruments. Only people earning …
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 …
We perform a consequential life cycle analysis of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and conventional gasoline vehicles in the PJM interconnection using a detailed, normative optimization model of the PJM electricity grid that captures the change in power plant operations and related emissions due to vehicle charging. …
