Nitrogen dioxide readings jumped in Hong Kong at two roadside pollution monitoring stations, reaching concentrations at which it becomes a toxic gas. The reading in the downtown district of Central was
Recent investments in the transit sector to address greenhouse gas emissions have concentrated on purchasing efficient replacement vehicles and inducing mode shift from the private automobile. There has
Motorcycles, Scooters to get costlier by . 1,500-10,000 The government is set to drive in stricter emission norms for two-wheelers which will make motorcyles and scooters less polluting but costlier by . 1,500-10,000. New emission norms for two wheelers to be sold in the country from 2015 have been finalised and will be notified shortly, a senior government official told ET. “We have carefully scrutinised the requirements for the Indian market.
After a court order in 2004, Delhi government managed a huge swing away from polluting fuels to the much less polluting compressed natural gas (CNG), at least in vehicular public transport. Levels of poisonous
To keep the Golden Temple environs pollution-free, the state government will soon install an ‘air control monitoring station’ worth Rs 1.5 crore at the shrine. It will also set up a power substation to ensure uninterrupted supply in the shrine's vicinity to check the use of generators that lead to pollution. After a meeting with officials of the SGPC, PPCB, MC, PSPCL and the police here today, Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat said the government, along with the SGPC, had decided to initiate various measures to check pollution in the shrine’s vacinity.
The European Union on Tuesday agreed a compromise to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for EU cars, ending months of wrangling after Germany insisted an earlier deal was torn up. The
The city might boast of its stringent emission norms and the scrap policy for commercial vehicles ageing 15 years, but polluting vehicles go unchecked in the city. Thanks to poor monitoring. Majority
Thimphu: Bhutan has drawn up ambitious plans to replace its taxis and government vehicles with electric cars in a bid to make the national capital Thimpu an electric vehicles hotspot and emerge as a global
A month after she was hit by a car while cycling near AIIMS Flyover, environmentalist Sunita Narain is recuperating slowly but is confident of getting back in the saddle. One of the several new items on
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in its interim order, has asked the state government to hold a meeting with the Union ministry of environment and forests and the Union petroleum ministry immediately
