BP Amoco, the recently merged oil giant, is planning to sell low-sulphur fuels in 40 of the world's most polluted cities. The firm hopes to introduce the relatively clean fuels over the next two

HDIP : Some 150 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations will be set up throughout Pakistan within two years under the promotion of CNG programme. Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP)

The Union Minitry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) will part-finance a pilot project to run battery-operated buses in and around the Salt Lake area near the city from next month.Informed

Gas engine-based vehicles alone will be allowed to ply in Delhi as per a comprehensive plan to make the national capital free of vehicular pollution within the next two

The Bangladesh government has decided to stop use of petroleum mixed with lead, the metal element identified as the main culprit for Dhaka's increasingly polluted air. The decision came after experts

A boon or a bane ? : After the traffic police, it is now the turn of enviromentalists and pollutin control officials to worry about the slash in car prices. The number of cars on city roads will

The Nepal Government is banning vehicles which have failed emission tests from plying on the streets inside Ring Road from next year, director general of the Department of Transport Management, Baid

Tiny fuel cells packed with the eco-friendly hydrogen gas and having the potential to power cars are the current focus of global automobile majors in hot putsuit of designing "green" vehicles that

India may not be able to meet the European car emission norm, Euro 1, which will become applicable in 2000 because of the non-availability of high quality diesel. To meet the Euro 1 norm,

Chinese minibus manufacturers are speeding up the development of new products to meet the country's new pollution control requirements. Beijing adopted stricter automobile exhaust emission standards