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Air Pollution

20 Million Vehicles That Need To Be Scrapped Collected In India: Report

About 20 million vehicles that require scrapping have accumulated in India, according to a report by an Indian think tank.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
NDTV
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Imports, Vehicles, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Air Pollution

'Global trade of old, used vehicles causing toxic pollution'

The study "Clunkered: Combating Dumping of Used Vehicles -- A roadmap for Africa and South Asia" says every year out of the staggering global vehicle stock of two billion, more than 40 million vehi

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, South Asia, Africa, Vehicles, Air Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Air Pollution

Clunkered: combating dumping of used vehicles—a roadmap for Africa and South Asia

Global motorization is rapid and explosive. As many as 2 billion vehicle tailpipes spew noxious pollutants and heat-trapping gases across the world. But as newer vehicles are inflating the global rolling stock every year, huge numbers are also becoming old and obsolete.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2018
Anumita Roychowdhury
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Vehicles, Africa, South Asia, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Forests

Bhubaneswar RTO to launch 'one vehicle one plant' campaign

BHUBANESWAR: Regional Transport Office, Bhubaneswar has decided to launch 'one vehicle one plant' campaign during which each buyerwill be gifted a plant during delivery of new vehicle by the showro

Publication Date: 
11/07/2018
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Odisha, Afforestation, Bhubaneswar, Vehicles
Transport

Judgement of the Kerala High Court regarding the removal/disposal of seized and confiscated vehicles, 06/07/2018

Judgement of the Kerala High Court in the matter of Dr. K. A. Seethi Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 06/07/2018. The petitioners are concerned with the failure of the State authorities in removing/disposing of the seized and confiscated vehicles, which are seen abandoned on the road sides and highways, and they have been cause of accidents and traffic congestion.

Judgement Date: 
06/07/2018
Tags:
Vehicles, Kerala, High Court, Congestion, Traffic Accidents
Environment

NGT hauls up Himachal Pradesh over status report on pollution at Rohtang Pass

SHIMLA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is not happy with the status report filed by the Himachal Pradesh government on pollution at Rohtang Pass.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2018
Times Of India (Shimla)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Forest Act 1980, Vehicles, Environmental Health, Environment
Transport

Global progress toward soot-free diesel vehicles in 2018

This report assesses progress in 2018 toward implementing the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's (CCAC) global strategy to introduce low-sulfur fuels and cleaner diesel vehicles. The rapid reduction of diesel black carbon emissions is one element of a strategy proposed to reduce near-term climate warming by an average of 0.5°C over 25 years.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2018
Joshua Miller, Lingzhi Jin
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Diesel, Vehicles, Vehicular Standards, India, Global, Road Transport, Fuel Quality
Transport

Transition to all electric public transportation: energy resource assessment

There has been a surge of interest regarding the adoption of electric vehicles (EV). The idea of large-scale penetration of EV presents a new set of sectoral planning challenges. This move will require coordinated planning between three sectors: transportation, urban planning and power.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2018
Harshid Sridhar, Thirumalai N. C., Vaishalee Dash, Dr Mridula D. Bharadwaj
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
Tags:
Electric Vehicles, Public Transport, Diesel, Vehicles, Renewable Energy, India
Air Pollution

22k pollution-causing vehicles to be taken off Agra roads

Agra: Around 22,000 pollution-causing vehicles are set to be taken off the roads in Agra.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2018
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicles, Diesel
Habitat And Urbanisation

Cars swarm city in lakhs but govt has all of four public parking lots

On a three-lane road, you get two lanes to drive on and on a 2-lane road, you get 1. A huge demand-supply mismatch means roadsides all over the city have fallen to illegal parking

Publication Date: 
05/06/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Parking Policy, Gurgaon (T), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Vehicles, Habitat And Urbanisation

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