Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Government’s plan to hasten up the rolling out of BS-VI fuel norms across the country, by skipping BS-V standards, is not acceptable by many. NEW DELHI: India has been looking to upgrade to higher vehicle emission standards for a few years now. The years of delay have created a lot …
As India rapidly becomes perhaps the most polluted country we have slowed down drastically in adopting cleaner cars. In 2010, we were five years behind Europe. Now, we are 10 years behind them. The reason is an almost criminal cycle of blame between the government, the auto industry and the …
Here's some good news on World Environment Day. The quality of fuel which often determines the level of toxic auto emissions will improve sooner than we thought. For a city like Delhi, choking on foul air, this provides a sliver of hope. Speaking at a Times of India Roundtable Discussion …
NEW DELHI: The air Beijing was inhaling a couple of years ago was as toxic as Delhi's, but the Chinese capital had managed the crisis quickly and effectively. Experts say China's strategies were stringent and aggressive. Beijing barred registration of diesel cars as early as 2003. It implemented China V …
PUNE: The rural areas of Pune and Thane districts can expect to get Bharat Stage IV fuel — an environment-friendly alternative — from April 1 next year. The Bharat Stage (BS) norms are equivalent to Euro norms on emission. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recently issued a …
The NDA government has in recent months reiterated its plan to advance the timelines for rolling out BS-VI fuel norms across the country by skipping a stage (BS-V) entirely. For the auto sector, the progressive shift towards tighter emission norms is somewhat akin to managing the impossible trinity of economics …
Claiming vehicles contribute only partly to the poor air quality in Delhi, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturer (Siam) has demanded a comprehensive and independent study into the causes. The demand from Siam comes in the wake of the National Green Tribunal’s order banning over 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying …
Sale and registration of any new vehicle not complying with BS-IV emission norms will not be allowed anywhere in the country from April 2017. Road transport ministry has issued a draft notification making BS-IV norms mandatory across the country in a phased manner starting this October. "The mass emission standards …
The Union transport ministry is pushing for a phaseout of polluting vehicles based on their fitness, instead of age. It has recently filed an application in National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the ban on more than 10-year-old vehicles. The ministry has quoted an IIT Delhi study that says vehicles which …
The debate over air pollution due to vehicular emissions is not new. Despite several announcements of stricter emission norms as well as the apex court's criticism, the government has been lax in their implementation. Last year, the state government had announced that pollution under control (PUC) certificates would be made …
If a ban on polluting diesel vehicles is to be implemented, the transport department wants it to be based on fitness and not age. While this could be a sensible proposition, most experts who attended the department's meeting on Tuesday are worried that lax pollution-under-control certification standards and manipulation of …
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), which analyses environmental performance and energy efficiency of all modes of transportation to better public health, has recommended a colour-coding system of vehicles to effectively implement the NGT ban on diesel vehicles more than 10 years old. "Enforcing such a ban continuously will be …
Let us assist the NGT and not discourage it, says CJI-led Bench The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging an order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in November banning vehicles over 15 years old from plying on Delhi roads. The Court was hearing a …
If the National Green Tribunal’s pollution commissioners want to know where some of the 80,000 diesel-belching trucks that enter Delhi every night go, all they need to do is reach the heart of South Delhi at 10 pm. That’s when the first of around 1,500 trucks starts revving up outside …
Air pollution which is known to cause poor lung and heart health may also cause a stroke, new research suggests. The findings of the research, which has been published in the British Medical Journal, are based on an analysis of 103 studies, involving 6.2 million hospitalizations and deaths because of …
In Its Action Plan, CSE Suggests State Govt Need Not Wait For Centre To Act Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recently prepared an action plan to counter high air pollution levels, and an implementation strategy for the new government with special emphasis on clean fuel and scaling up …
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 …
The annual European Vehicle Market Statistics Pocketbook offers statistical portrait of passenger car and light commercial vehicle fleets in the European Union from 2001—and, beginning with the 2014 edition, of the heavy-duty fleet as well. The emphasis is on vehicle technologies, fuel consumption, and emissions of greenhouse gases and other …
Almost all car and van manufacturers have met European carbon dioxide emission limits several years ahead of their deadlines, according to updated information from the European Environment Agency (EEA). A new EEA report, 'Monitoring CO2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2013' presents final data for both vehicle types, …
This paper assesses the status of fuel consumption (FC) levels and fuel efficiency technology adoption in China’s light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in 2010, focusing on the differences among vehicle sub-categories and manufacturers. It also compares fleet features and technologies between similar vehicles from the United States, Europe, and China …
