As a result of various proposals currently under consideration by EPA, it seems highly likely that many stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions will face new regulation under the Clean Air Act in coming months.
Govt blames negligence, warns supplier Tata Motors which is also responsible for maintenance
Another low-floor bus caught fire on Thursday morning in Moti Nagar area of West Delhi. The 15 passengers, the driver and the conductor escaped unhurt.
NEW DELHI: Following another fire in a low-floor Delhi Transport Corporation bus in Moti Nagar here on Thursday, the Delhi Government swung into action and hauled up Tata Motors which is responsible for the maintenance of these buses. It also constituted a four-member committee to look into the causes of mishaps involving the newly-acquired buses.
Pune With UN climate change conference set to begin next week in Copenhagen, city-based Centre for Development Education (CDE) has been working on a module to involve youngsters in such campaigns. As part of this, the students of Fergusson College observed a No Vehicle Day on Thursday with an objective to educate students about global warming.
The position of the White House is arguably the most difficult of any government in the talks. Barack Obama, US president, has made clear that he is in favour of an international framework on climate change, in which the US would take on stiff targets for cutting emissions alongside other developed and developing countries.
Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) is a rational number to characterize the environmental quality at a given location following the algorithm of source, pathway and receptor. Increasing value of CEPI indicates severe adverse effects on environment and also is an indication of large percentage of population experiencing health hazards.
The extraction of oil from the second largest reserves in the world has merely begun, but the environmental costs are already skyrocketing. Canadian NGOs claim tar sand development is the most destructive project on earth.