Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Tuesday launched the CNG variant of its Maxx Maxi Truck priced at Rs 3.79 lakh (ex showroom Delhi). This is Rs 50,000 costlier than the existing diesel variant. Currently, the company offers a CNG variant on its other cargo vehicles - Champion, Alfa and Bolero pick-up. The company stated that the size of the pick-up market stood at 56,000 units last fiscal.

Chennai: The level of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in ambient air at a traffic intersection in T.Nagar during the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m. on Saturday was 137 microgram/cubic metre.

The permissible limit for RSPM is 100 microgram/cubic metre.

Sonepat: A special checking team led by district transport officer Shiv Prasad raided several pollution checking centres (PCC) here today.

A rise in concentrations of a powerful greenhouse gas over the Arctic after a decade of stability is stirring worries about a possible thaw of vast stores trapped in permafrost, experts said.

Officers of Kolkata police and a section of the city-based environmentalists feel that the conversion of two-stroke auto rickshaws into four-strokes LPG mode might get delayed as the Opposition parties ~ who had earlier opposed phasing out of two-stroke auto rickshaws from Kolkata ~ would now oppose the drive with more enthusiasm, having put up an unbelievable show in the recently concluded Lok Sa

New vehicle emission standards will likely be a boon for everything from aluminium to new plastics, but the producers of lithium -- a mineral used in batteries that power new generation vehicles -- could be the big winners.

A delegation of US lawmakers led by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit China in coming days to discuss international efforts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Pelosi, a Democrat, said on Friday that a bipartisan group of House members will be on the trip. However she did not provide details.

China's boom of coal-fired power plants is likely to slow after next year as excess capacity and then expanding renewable and nuclear energy sources kick in, a senior energy policy analyst said in an interview.

Australia's government defended its scheme to cut carbon emissions on Friday, amid mining industry warnings that its carbon trading plan would cost 23,000 resource sector jobs as the country battles recession.

Thimphu: Tata