Environment

Paulson Urges China To Scrap Pollution Tariffs

Paulson Urges China To Scrap Pollution Tariffs CHINA: April 4, 2008 BEIJING - China should drop the barriers it maintains against foreign-made anti-pollution equipment as a means of quickly cleaning up its dirty air and water, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday. In prepared remarks for delivery to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in which he praised the value of a "strategic economic dialogue" between the two countries, Paulson also welcomed China's action in letting the yuan rise in value.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2008
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Trade, International Cooperation, China
Air Pollution

Shipping industry to tackle air pollution

Key figures from the shipping industry met this week to discuss proposals to slash harmful emissions and recycling end-of-life vessels. The shipping industry says it recognises the need to curb its emissions The International Maritime Organisation's environmental committee met in London this week to look at self regulation and the introduction of codes of conduct which the industry would be expected to abide by.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2008
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Shipping, Climate Change
Air Pollution

Hazy reasoning behind clean air

Last month, The Washington Post reported that President George W. Bush had personally intervened to weaken new regulations to control smog just as they were about to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In response, advocates of tighter standards predictably charged that the president had overturned a scientific judgement. Carol Browner, who headed the EPA under President Bill Clinton, put the matter starkly, telling the Post that the Clean Air Act creates "a moral and ethical commitment that we're going to let the science tell us what to do'.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2008
David Goldston
Nature
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Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Ozone, Air Quality Regulations, Air Quality Standards, Science
Air Pollution

GM plans 1,000 fuel cell cars in California

GM plans 1,000 fuel cell cars in California By Nichola Groom SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - General Motors Corp plans to have 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California between 2012 to 2014 to comply with the state's goal to put thousands of cleaner cars on its roads. GM has about 60 Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles in Southern California now, the automaker's vice president for research & development and planning, Larry Burns, said at the National Hydrogen Association conference here.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2008
Environment News Network (US)
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Emission Targets, Fuel Cell Vehicles, General Motors, California
Air Pollution

Ancillary benefits for climate change mitigation and air pollution control in the world's motor vehicle fleets

The global motor vehicle population has grown very rapidly in the past half century and is expected to continue to grow rapidly for the next several decades, especially in developing countries. As a result, vehicles are a major source of urban air pollution in many cities and are the fastest-growing source of greenhouse emissions. Strategies exist to reduce both problems, but many countries emphasize one over the other rather than pursuing strategies that reduce both concerns.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2008
Michael P. Walsh
Annual Review of Public Health
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Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Diesel, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Mitigation, Global, Statistics

Electric cars soon on Delhi roads

After switching the entire public bus transport fleet in the Capital to eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas, the Delhi Government is now making efforts to introduce electric vehicles in the city to fu

Publication Date: 
26/03/2008
Hindu
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Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, CNG, Euro II, Euro III, Hybrid Electric, Emission Targets, Delhi

Breather for state on rally

The state on Monday was granted two more weeks to file an affidavit in the high court, stating whether a court order was violated during a CPM rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds on January 13 (A Tele

Publication Date: 
25/03/2008
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Monuments, Biomass, High Court
India

 Centre rejects Delhi government's proposal to ban diesel cars

the central government has thwarted a Delhi government plan to control toxic emissions from diesel vehicles in the capital. In a letter to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Union Ministry of

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Energy Policy, Government Of India (GOI), India, Delhi
Climate Change

 A UK review on low carbon cars

The uk's review of technologies and fuels for reducing carbon emissions by vehicles is complete. Chairperson of the review Julia King, while discussing the study in Mumbai recently, claimed that

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Air Quality Management, Climate Change, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Road Transport, Mobility Planning, Auto Technology, United Kingdom (UK)
Climate Change

Directive will unleash new generation of coal polluters

We find that the European Union's proposed directive on carbon-capture 'readiness', as reported in your News story 'Europe to capture carbon', is unacceptable (Nature 451, 232; 2008).

Publication Date: 
13/03/2008
Mark Avery, John Sauven, Keith Allot & et al
Nature
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Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Energy Policy, Carbon Sequestration, Thermal Power Plants, Europe

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