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Mumbai: In a few months from now, IIT Bombay's vehicles like buses, cars and ambulances could well be run by using fuel produced from the first campus bio-diesel plant in India -- installed by students of the institute's chemical engineering department.

The high court on Friday indicted the state for its failure to implement orders to protect the East Calcutta Wetlands and other water bodies.

THRISSUR: Laloor Malineekarana Virudha Samara Samiti has threatened to launch direct action to stop the construction of the secured landfill at the municipal solid waste treatment plant at Laloor in the town, if the Corporation does not stop the construction immediately.

The government plans to introduce Euro-II emission standards for all petrol-related vehicles, imported or locally assembled, from July 1, 2009, while such standards for diesel vehicles would be enforced from July 1, 2012.

Geneva: Get ready for the next generation of fuel efficient cars. A slew of green technologies that use less fuel and pollute lesser, along with alternatives like electric vehicles, are on display at the Geneva Auto Show this year. What

- GUZZLE KATATEL, SPEW POISON

Calcutta might not see the last of its polluting two-stroke autos for at least another decade if the pace of Operation Phaseout remains what it is.

Jamshedpur, March 3: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to make online stack monitoring system compulsory in medium and large scale industrial units.

The JSPCB authorities will issue a circular to this effect to all such units and especially to those which have smokestacks.

Houston, March 2

US Indian scientist, Veerbhadran (Ram) Ramanathan, will share top award for environmental achievement, 2009 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, with Prof Richard Alley, for finding warning signs of climate change in the upper atmosphere and in the deepest ice sheets.

Air pollution is a broad term that refers to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere

Hybrid vehicles could help reduce dependency on oil

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