EUROPE has set fuel-efficiency targets for vans to curb greenhouse gases emissions. Environment ministers who met at Brussels in December endorsed a deal to achieve emission of 175 grammes of CO2 per kilometre by 2017 and 147 g/km by 2020 from vans. The 2017 target represents a 14 per cent …
I am writing this article by the light of a gas lamp in my home in the forest sanctuary of Binsar in the hills of Kumaon. The sun has set, and the pinpricks of light in the valley below testify to the march of development. Every year, the valley is …
So far the industry sector that includes clean, renewable and efficient energy has been holding up well under continuing bad news from just about every other segment of the US economy. Green energy stands out as a bright spot in an otherwise cloudy economic picture. There's a long list of …
TAX TO CONSIST OF 8% ADDITIONAL EXCISE FOR BELOW-90% EFFICIENCY OF AVERAGE, INCREASING TO 24% THE government is planning to impose higher taxes on manufacturers of personal vehicles with high emissions. The gas guzzler tax would be an additional 8% excise duty for vehicles at efficiency of below 90% of …
