Phase-out of polluting vehicles on the anvil
A top transport official vowed to phase-out all the polluting vehicles from the Kathmandu Valley by mid-July 2000 while he promised to strictly implement Nepal government's earlier announcement that
A top transport official vowed to phase-out all the polluting vehicles from the Kathmandu Valley by mid-July 2000 while he promised to strictly implement Nepal government's earlier announcement that
The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPA) has asked the Delhi government to reconsider its decision to lift the ban on the registration of new diesel-run taxis in the
Members of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufactureres(SIAM) have come to a consensus over the burning issue of emission. The consensus is that the type of fuel used by a vehicle should be of no
Traffic pollution has been directly linked to lung cancer for the first time in a landmark study that will increase pressure to reduce the number of cars. Researchers in Sweden studying the effect of
Major refineries in the country are going all out to meet a September 1 deadline to bring down sulphur content in diesel (perhaps the most visibly polluting of all fuels ) to 0.25 per cent, from an
California's first attempt to turn rice shubble and tree trimmings into ethanol resembles a scene from "Back to the Future," the 1980s movie in which trash was dumped into one end of a machine and
The Environment Pollution(Prevention & Control) Authority (EPA) for the National Capital Region(NCR) which is said to have recommended a ban on diesel-driven private vehicles which, in its
Toyota's hybrid Prius saloon is powered by both an electric motor and a petrol engine - a combination that's designed to be clean and miserly with fuel, but without the performance constraints of
Ecologists seldom give credit to market forces for inproving the environment but the low sulphur diesel promise of Indian Oil Corporation has forced some to change their opinion. The supply of low
The Transport Department is working at an action plan to help all the 1.25 lakh autorickshaws change over to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) as fuel from January 1,2000.An interim order directing autos
European Transport Ministers have agreed on a Europe-wide system for taxing heavy goods vehicles according to the environmental impact, and an agreement for Switzerland to allow transit of larger
The City Police today held a meeting at Adabari Bus Station complex for discussing in detail problems caused by citybuses in creating pollution. The meeting was attended by City SP Sri B J Mahanta,
A large number of public transport vehicles, using compact natural gas (CNG) kits and running on different city routes of Karachi (Pakistan), have been withdrawn by transporters following an increase
The European Union is inching towards agreement with Japanese carmakers on a voluntary scheme to cut pollution, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.
The painstakingly reasserted international commitment to cutting carbon dioxide emissions made at the latest United Nations conference on climate change in Buenos Aires has refocused the motor
In the world of US motor vehicle emission standards, California is once again setting the trend. In the mid 1960s the state was the first in the country to require emission control on cars. That move
An edible motor oil from Canola and other vegerable oils has been developed by a researcher in the US. It does not pollute air and cuts overall engine emission up to 30 per
The Ministry of Population Environment's decision to ban the import of two-stroke motorcycles into Nepal is indeed praiseworthy. This decision - which was obviously necessitated due to the
A 15-day drive to conduct free pollution under control (PUC) tests on motor vehicles, jointly organised by Hindusan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and the Times of India Group was inaugurated
The battlelines have been firmly drawn. Auto manufactueres and environmentalists are bracing themselves for September 17 when the hearing on the use of diesel as a fuel comes up before the Supreme