Praveen Kumar Singh

New Delhi: Three weeks after the environment ministry communicated India's voluntary commitment to reduce carbon emission by 20-25% of gross domestic product by year 2020 to UNFCCC, the road transport and highways ministry has adopted an active stance on this front. It has initiated the groundwork to put in place a stringent set of norms to control vehicular pollution.

JIM MOTAVALLI

Italian marque readies hybrid version of the 599 GTB in time for the Geneva Motor Show in March
You don't buy a Ferrari expecting the latest in reen technology, but here are signs of environmentally friendly evolution in Maranello.

CHENNAI Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has successfully installed Diesel Hydotreating (DHDT) reactor, at its Manali refinery to produce clean diesel, meeting the Euro-IV specifications as per the auto fuel policy of the Centre.

The MCD on the Supreme Court against the Delhi high court order which lifted the ban on number of cycle rickshawpullers in the city.

TODD WOODY and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
SAN FRANCISCO

If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first.

The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations.

San Francisco Takes The Lead, New Buildings Will Have To Be Wired For Car Chargers
Todd Woody & Clifford Krauss

San Francisco: If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first.

The Parents Teachers Association members of Shrimati Tarabai Dalvi High School, Bhamai-Pale, on Monday blocked the road protesting over rising dust pollution and alleged failure on the part of authorities to control truck transportation in the area.
The road blockade agitation angered the truck owners, which ended in verbal clashes between the two groups.

Swaraj Baggonkar / Mumbai February 12, 2010, 0:49 IST

Vehicles with new Bharat Stage-IV engines cannot run on fuel inferior to BS-III standards

As the April 1, 2010 deadline nears for introducing Bharat Stage-IV emission-compliant vehicles, manufacturers are worried about the availability of the BS-III fuel.