THE government, which is one of the biggest consumers of goods and services, has finally decided to join the green cause.

Shweta Bhanot

Mumbai: Going green with brakes could be a new mantra in India

SMALL and isolated patches of coal reserves will now be offered to fuel starved local industries such as small power plants, cement and steel units, and brick making facilities without going through the lengthy allocation process.

US Ambassador James F Moriarty in a statement said the nations of the world are working hard right now to negotiate a new international agreement to combat the impacts of climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing the world today.

Major developing nations have announced steps over the past year to curb their growing greenhouse emissions as the world tries to negotiate a broader, and tougher, U.N. pact to slow the pace of climate change.

Large-scale adoption of electric cars will not take place in the domestic market for at least 10 years, according to a global manufacturing industry group report released today by global consulting firm Deloitte.

Rio De Janeiro: Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil

Bharat Stage II and IV fuels cannot co-exist, say manufacturers.
Awaiting extension

Oil refiners are keeping their fingers crossed about a possible extension to the deadline, preferably October 1, when BS III-compliant fuel will be freely available.

Murali Gopalan

Murali Gopalan
Richa Mishra

Mumbai/New Delhi, Sept. 15 With barely six months to go before the new emission norms become mandatory, it increasingly looks as if the April 1, 2010 deadline will not be met across the country.

ONE of the ways to look beyond the global recession is for the automotive industry to take a cue from the semi-conductor industry by re-designing itself. Indian auto industry can take the lead in lightweighting as it is still in the early stage of significant growth and hence, not too late to plot a different course, says an expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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