In a bid to cut the high pollution levels in the Chinese capital, Beijing Muncipal Government is to issue special environmental protection licenses for autos whose tail gas emissions have reached the

Mumbaiites were held to ransom as 1.55 lakh-odd taxi and auto rickshaws and 56,000 tempos and trucks went off the roads in the early hours on Monday.They were protesting against the impending action

A boon for someone may be a burden for others. This appears to be the case with the emission under control (EUC) certificates for vehicles. Though Automobiles Emission Checking (AEC) centres view the

Delhi and Mumbai will face lessen air pollution by the turn of the century, if the plans to provide Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to vehicles materialise in the two

Everybody always suspected that DTC buses were polluting, but there was nothing to substantiate it. Of the 12 DTC buses that were checked at Ashram chowk today, 10 failed the pollution under control

To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade about its ill-effects. The first big finding come with air pollution experts discovering that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 times more particles than petrol. More than that, experts soon began to realise that it is not the total quantity of particles that matters so much for public health as the size of the particles in vehicular exhaust. This monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health.

To get a hold on the Valley's growing vehicular pollution, the Minstry of Environment in Nepal is working on plans to get rid of thousands of ageing vehicles in Kathmandu. Under the first-phase of

Is the internal combustion engine dead? Not yet. But scientists and engineers attending the Greater Los Angles Auto Show on Tuesday believe its days are numbered. Auto industry representatives are

The Tokyo metropolitan government has launched an unprecedented campaign against vehicles which use diesel fuel in an effort to combat the city's persistent problem of air pollution. Under the

City buses plying in the city of Guwahati have been found largely responsible for air pollution due to traffic. A total of 787 automobiles have been found emitting smoke out of 1330 covered by a

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