Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Centre for Science and Environment blasts Kirit Parikh panel report on petroleum pricing that fails to offer effective solution to halt misuse of under-taxed diesel by rich car owners. Additional excise duty of a mere Rs 81,000 on diesel cars to equalise the excise tax burden on petrol car proposed …
California's governor on Tuesday ordered that a third of the state's electricity come from renewable resources by 2020, the same amount as a legislature plan but with promises to let power companies get more electricity from outside the state. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that his plan would help the state …
New Delhi: The Indian automobile sector swore by the environment at its annual convention on Friday. With global automobile giants like General Motors and Toyota increasing their bets on Indian market, projected to grow at 10% this year, the new president of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers Pawan Goenka …
The Obama administration on Tuesday approved California's long-standing bid to set its own tough standards for vehicle emissions, a decision in tune with a national plan to boost fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate change. These standards are immediately effective for California and for 13 other states …
Commissioner General of Motor Traffic Bandula Wijeratna yesterday said that special provision had been made for the convenience of all vehicle owners in the Southern, Central and North -Central Provinces to obtain their emission test certificates in their own provinces from yesterday(22). He said that until recently vehicles owners of …
Sohini Das / Kolkata June 17, 2009, 0:38 IST After the Nano and the World Truck, Tata Motors is readying for yet another big-ticket launch. This time, it will be on a
After years of lambasting US vehicle efficiency standards as being weaker than those of China, green campaigners delighted in the stronger measures proposed by President Barack Obama, writes Fiona Harvey in London . Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, called the measures "a global warming solution that …
China said on Monday it will boost state reserves of refined fuels, its first official plan to expand beyond its crude reserves, and help cut high inventories held by oil companies. The world's second-largest oil user would accelerate the formulation of policies for such reserves, according to a post on …
Rates charged by three-wheeler drivers are to be standardized, streamlined, and made applicable countrywide, the Transport Ministry said. It said it had also taken steps to provide a special advisory scheme to three wheel drivers. This measure is among a series of steps taken by the Ministry to introduce new …
Ministry of Environment has decided to enforce Euro-II emission standards for all new petrol driven imported and locally manufactured vehicles from July this year and the same standard would be applicable for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012. According to a senior official of the Environment Ministry the decision to …
The government has decided to do something important about vehicular emissions that have reached highly dangerous levels. Federal Ministry of Environment told the National Assembly on Monday that all petrol-run vehicles would be required to comply with Euro-II emission standards with effect from July. The deadline for diesel vehicles' compliance …
The Ministry of Environment has set itself a challenging task of introducing Euro-II emission standards for petrol driven vehicles from July this year and for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012. The National Assembly was informed on Monday that to cut down on increasing air pollution in the country, the …
In an ironic twist, the decidedly authoritarian government of China has received much praise of late from Western environmentalists, who tend to cast themselves as anti-authoritarian types. China has indeed made laudable efforts in many fields, ranging from wind energy to vehicle-emission standards and pollution control. It has even outlawed …
The European Parliament agreed in December to a proposal that emissions of nitrogen oxides from new heavy duty vehicles shall be cut by 80 per cent and those of particulate matter by 66 per cent, as compared to existing standards.
This document presented by the MoEF in response to a recent parliament question focuses on the state of pollution in our cities. Gobindgarh in Punjab has been rated as the most polluted city while Delhi has been rated as the most polluted metro followed by Kolkata. Lok Sabha question and …
