Negotiations on reducing carbon dioxide emissions of Japanese cars in Europe are under way between the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and the European Commission, following the
Not all passenger vehicles are created equal when it comes to the amount of pollution that flows from their tailpipes. Minivans, sport utility vehicles and light duty pickup trucks all throw off
A reduction in pollution from vehicular emissions in Europe from 2005 seems more plausible now. The deadlock between the European Union (EU), oil producers and European car manufacturers over
A city-based advocate has moved Madras High Court to ban plying of LPG-powered automobiles and conversion of petrol engines into that of
Roughly 8,500 Delhiites die due to pollution every year, states a study conducted by the World Health Organisation . Such alarming statistics and many more lend a perspective to the deteriorating
Black smoke from the vehicular traffic is quite the biggest source of air pollution in the Dhaka city. According to the police, 70 per cent of the vehicles on the roads are responsible for 90 per
Environmental regulators in California and Washington are preparing to require steep reductions in air pollution from cars and want to apply similar rules to sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks
The crusade for "clean air" is gradually gaining momentum in the city. A cross-section of the environment-conscious people are seeking a "concrete response" from political parties prior to this
Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to request $25.86 million in the fiscal 1998 third supplementary budget to subsidize purchases of enviornment friendly trucks by private companies. The measure is
Pollution control in the country's most polluted city has become somewhat of an unending game of passing the parcel. And the buck never seems to stop anywhere. Knee-jerk reactions like surprise
If all the diesel run Vikram tempos are removed from the roads and replaced by their alternative - the battery run SAFA tempos - pollution level in the Kathmandu valley will go down by 25 percent,
Bicycle is poised to become an integral part of urban transportation system in the next century for safer streets, lesser congestion and cleaner air . According to a Washington-based World Watch
20 year old commercial vehicles go off the road in Delhi
Perhaps the most important vehicle on display at last week's Auto Africa 98 show was Toyota's Prius hybrid car. But what makes the Toyota Prius important is that it is the first volume-produced
In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, vehicles coming from other states which do not conform to the required standards of pollution control, will not be allowed to enter Karnataka by the transport
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to extend the November 15 deadline for phasing out more than 17-yr-old commercial vehicles plying in the Capital. Rejecting the Delhi government's plea for
The second phase of an anti-pollution drive was inaugurated in Dhaka city on Tuesday to check air pollution resulting from emission of black smoke and other elements caused by motor vehicles. The
The treatment meted out to battery-operated Safa tempos in Kathmandu despite their increasing popularity is to be deplored. Apparently, operators of these eco-friendly three wheelers are being
The Delhi Government is yet to come out with a policy on the fate of commercial vehicles that will turn 15 from January onward. The Supreme Court order of September 22 stipulates that all commercial
US researchers have developed a new catalytic process to turn a common industrial chemical into an essential ingredient used in energy efficient alternative fuels. The technique could be the first to
