Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The new Industrial Emissions directive received its first reading in the European Parliament in March, and the Council position is expected at the end of June.
There are strong links between the problems of climate change and air pollution, in particular the fact that emissions from fossil fuel combustion contribute significantly to both problems. Consequently, measures to abate emissions of greenhouse gases may show strong co-benefits in terms of less air pollution and vice versa.
Making good on U.S. President Barack Obama's promise to accelerate the greening of the federal fleet, the U.S. General Services Administration has ordered 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles this month and will use $210 million in Recovery Act money to pay for them. The GSA said that it ordered the vehicles …
JOWAI: A crematorium, designed by Kambel Chullai and constructed by the Sein Raij Jowai was inaugurated here on Thursday at Mookhein, Dulong Pohhali, Jowai by the Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya, Ranjan Chatterjee. The first innovative wood based, low cost and eco-friendly Crematorium-locally known as Khnap Thang Bru was designed …
German community opts to go car-less The tiny community of Vauban, Germany, made news this week when it was reported that 70 per cent of the families in the affluent suburb own no cars. This isn
The World Bank approved on Wednesday a $62.2 million credit to help Bangladesh to control urban air pollution through cutting emissions in key polluting sectors such as transport and brick-making. The level of air pollutants in the capital Dhaka and other major cities has steadily increased in recent years, with …
New York Times Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 0058 hrs IST VAUBAN: Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this …
Traditional stoves generate large quantities of smoke and suspended particulate matter while only 10-40% of released energy tranfers to pot. This research paper describes design steps with experiments carried out for charcoal stove named SEES to interlink energy efficiency and various design parameters. This paper describes design steps with experiments …
A motorcycle that can run solely on sugar cane ethanol, gasoline or a mixture of both has gone on sale in Brazil, where biofuel cars already dominate the roads, burning cheaper home-grown energy. Named the "Mix", the bike is a modified version of Honda's CG, a small motorcycle popular with …
Pune It was seen as a move to reduce pollution in the city when the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) set an April-end deadline for all city autorickshaws to convert from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). It was a trade off for not reducing the …
Tricobalt tetraoxide (Co3O4) is a potential catalyst for low-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide (required in automotive emission control) but although it is active even at subzero temperatures, it is highly sensitive to moisture. By forming Co3O4 into nanorods, Xiaowei Xie and colleagues make it more active and also stable in …
The downtrend in gasoline prices has also caused a decline in the compress natural gas (CNG) kit prices by around 28 percent. Landirenzo CNG kits for manual cars, which were earlier being sold at Rs 17500 per unit, are selling at Rs 14500, and CNG cylinders with 50 and 55 …
Could reviving the ancient technique of charcoal making really solve the global food crisis, halt deforestation and lock up carbon dioxide for good? Chris Goodall sifts fact from myth on biochar.
This article introduces a multiagent simulation framework for investigating the emergence of niche markets for environmentally innovative products. It clarifies how consumer preferences, business strategy, and government policy interact during market development. The framework allows investigation of the effects of uncertainty and agents' corresponding coping strategies. We describe the model, …
Pipeline infrastructure should be beefed up Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Seeking to expand the reach of the green fuel across the country, India has drawn up an action plan to increase the number of cities where vehicles ply on CNG to 250 by 2018 from the current 30 cities.
