A campaign in Germany demands particulate filters in diesel cars

USEPA s smokescreen to avoid curbing vehicular emissions

The California Air Resources Board the world s trendsetter of air pollution standards was clearly being quite ambitious while mandating that 10 per cent of all new cars to be sold in the state during 2003 should be zero emission vehicles ZEVs . After

Once again, the government has dithered from introducing clean technologies. The Union budget fails to provide a clear roadmap to promote electric vehicles, especially three-wheelers, while offering sops to make any car cheap

Pollution under control tests for diesel vehicles are a big farce

The US Environmental Protection Agency has kickstarted the cleanup drive for highway motorcycles by revising their emission standards after two and a half decades. The new norms, which are more stringent, were notified on December 23 and will come into ef

Mileage norms in China soon

Make no mistake, US President George W Bush’s office has conceded that green laws make sound economic sense. Although the White House reiterated what it states in a report released every year, greater significance is being attached to the review conducted

Price mechanism is the only way to discourage the use of dirty fuels

The sudden spurt in the sales of private passenger cars that run on dirty diesel has grave implications for public health