Vehicular Standards
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025
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 …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ban on ban on diesel and petrol vehicle in Manali and Rohtang Pass area of Himachal Pradesh, 29/05/2015
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 29/05/2015 regarding ban on ban on diesel and petrol vehicle in Manali and Rohtang Pass area of Himachal Pradesh.Estimation of the PM2.5 pollution levels in Beijing based on nighttime light data from the defense meteorological satellite program-operational linescan system
Nighttime light data record the artificial light on the Earth’s surface and can be used to estimate the degree of pollution associated with particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) in the ground-level atmosphere. This study proposes a simple method for monitoring PM2.5 concentrations at …National Auto Fuel Policy: Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (2014-15)
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (2014-15) present this Fifth Report on `National Auto Fuel Policy'. The Policy aims to holistically address the issues of vehicular emissions, vehicular technologies and auto fuel quality in a cost efficient manner, while ensuring the security of fuel supply.Impacts of CO2 mandates for new cars in the European Union
CO2 emissions mandates for new light-duty passenger vehicles have recently been adopted in the European Union (EU), which require steady reductions to 95 g CO2/km in 2021. Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, analyze the impact of the mandates on oil demand, CO2 emissions, and economic welfare, and compare …Question raised in Lok Sabha on auto fuel policy, 27/04/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on auto fuel policy, 27/04/2015. One of the questions raised was "whether the Government proposes to upgrade Auto Fuel Policy and has constituted an Expert Committee to draft Auto Fuel Vision and Policy, 2025 to bring countrys fuel quality at par with global norms".Question raised in Lok Sabha on hybrid and electric vehicles, 21/04/2015
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri g. M. Siddeshwara informed the Parliament that a scheme, namely ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India – FAME India’ has been launched by the Department of Heavy Industry for the initial period …State ‘misled’ Centre on vehicle pollution norms
Haryana seems to have misled the Centre over registration of the BS-IV compliant vehicles in 11 districts of the states falling in the NCR during the recent meeting of the environment ministers in New Delhi. This assertion was made by the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training in a …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding 10 years old diesel vehicles plying in NCT, Delhi, 13/04/2015
Considering request of the Delhi government, NGT has stayed for two weeks its order to impound old diesel vehicles plying in the capital city for more than 10 years. The green tribunal also sought suggestions from the state government on providing incentives to those transferring/scrapping old, polluting diesel vehicles and …Diesel at crossroads: Science and politics of luxury emissions
Presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.International response to black carbon science: Implications for transport policy in developing and developed countries
Presentation by Ray Minjares, Clean Air Program Lead at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.Worldwide progress in vehicle technology and emissions norms leaders and laggards need to move fast
Presentation by Michael P. Walsh, International Consultant at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.Heavy duty vehicle emission pollution control in China
Presentation by Li Kunsheng of Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.Question raised in Rajya Sabha on safety limits of vehicular pollution , 09/03/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on safety limits of vehicular pollution , 09/03/2015.Fuelling Britain’s future
This report assesses the economic costs and benefits of decarbonising passenger cars and vans in the UK. A scenario approach has been developed to assess a range of possible futures for vehicle technology in the UK, and then economic modelling has been applied to assess impacts. The study is based …Accelerating progress from Euro 4/IV to Euro 6/VI vehicle emissions standards
This brief presents the technical details and benefits of leapfrogging to Euro VI heavy-duty emission standards and Euro 6 light-duty emission standards rather than progressing through Euro 5/V. As many countries model their vehicle emission standards after those developed for the EU, the lessons learned in the European market should …Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective and inclusive transport system for the movement of passenger and freight in the country as well …Mexico heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards
On December 1, 2014, COMARNAT, the national regulatory committee of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), approved a proposed update by SEMARNAT to existing emissions standards regulating particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOX), hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) from heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles, including trucks, buses …Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding growing air pollution in Delhi, 04/12/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/12/2014 regarding growing air pollution of Delhi. A team of CPCB, DPCC, a Scientist from MoEF, a Scientist from State Boards of State of Rajasthan, State of Haryana and State of …Question raised in Lok Sabha on new emission norms, 26/11/2014
Question raised in Lok Sabha on new emission norms, 26/11/2014.Comparative assessment of heavy-duty vehicle regulatory design options for U.S. greenhouse gas and efficiency regulation
As regulatory agencies in the U.S. work on the second phase of heavy-duty vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) and efficiency standards, one of the key decisions they face concerns the regulatory certification pathways. The question of whether to maintain separate standards for the engine and the full vehicle, as in the …