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 …
Close collaboration between scientists in China, India, Italy, Switzerland, and IIASA has resulted in a tool to help policymakers in China and India make sense of the complexities of air pollutant controls and greenhouse gas mitigation. Together, the policymakers and scientists hope to identify and implement activities that reduce both …
For all its economic capacity, population size, and resource base, California remains only one among the 50 United States and, essentially, is a subnational actor attempting to play a role in the climate change policy arena on par with the nation-states of the world. This raises a series of questions …
Germany is one of the leading countries in Europe, as well as globally, in terms of its renewable energy and climate change policies. The multiple levels of government within the European Union (EU) mean that the German government must interact both with EU institutions (e.g., the Commission, Council, and Parliament) …
The regional road map for cleaner fuels and vehicles in Asia by ADB. Details the interaction between fuels and vehicle technologies and the approaches that Asian refineries can take to produce cleaner fuels, and suggests the way ahead. A Road Map for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles in Asia is designed …
Vishal Sharma / Agra October 20, 2008, 0:27 IST The diesel engine manufacturing industry of Agra provides direct employment to nearly 15,000 people, while indirectly it offers livelihood to about 100,000 local residents. But over the past decade, a number of factors has caused a slow erosion of the industry …
Delegates to a recent IMO working group meeting were unable to make progress toward an agreement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping.
Switzerland is the only European country where road user charges that internalize external costs of transport are applied. The scheme involves a per km charge for all heavy-duty vehicles on all Swiss roads.
When presenting its thematic strategy on air pollution three years ago, the European Commission failed to come up with proposals for specific action to reduce air pollutant emissions. It did however announce its intention to revise the national emission ceilings (NEC) directive, and propose in 2006 new emission ceilings for …
Pune, September 21 Various civic groups in association with the Pune Municipal Corporation will be conducting a car free day on Monday by organising a bicycle rally in order to give due recognition to non-motorised transport on the crowded city roads. The World Car Free day is celebrated in many …
The Government has decided to implement a new duty structure to promote the import of clean fuel vehicles from 2009 and to provide tax concessions on par with existing schemes applicable to local industries for local assembly of clean fuel vehicles with a local value addition of 25 per cent, …
As we become an ever more urban species, cities will be a crucial front in the fight against climate change. Scientists, architects and planners must join forces to make our metropolitan future clean and sustainable. (Editorial)
COIMBATORE: The National Productivity Council (NPC) has come out with a low cost solution to control air pollution in cupola foundries. A demonstration of the technology and presentation of its details was arranged here recently by the engineering industrial associations. President of the Coimbatore Industrial Infrastructure Association (COINDIA) G. Rajendran …
The places covered included Humayun Tomb, Tomb of Mirza Ghalib, Purana Qila, Nizamuddin Dargah among others NEW DELHI: Taking forward the unique initiative of promoting bicycles as a green, healthy and energy-efficient transport and at the same time helping people learn about Delhi's rich heritage, the Delhi Cycling Club organised …
New Delhi, A "Heritage Bicycle Ride' was organised here on Saturday to promote bicycle as eco-friendly and energy efficient transport in the national capital. Over 100 participants representing diverse professions took part in the 12 km ride, organisers said. The two-hour long guided journey began from the Humayun Tomb at …
Shipping is one of the most fuel-efficient ways to move freight, but the industry still produces significant greenhouse-gas emissions, including more than a quarter of the world's nitrogen oxides emissions. And it also produces more sulphur dioxide emissions than all land transportation combined. In the latest of Nature's our Future …
