A top transport official vowed to phase-out all the polluting vehicles from the Kathmandu Valley by mid-July 2000 while he promised to strictly implement Nepal government's earlier announcement that

The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPA) has asked the Delhi government to reconsider its decision to lift the ban on the registration of new diesel-run taxis in the

Members of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufactureres(SIAM) have come to a consensus over the burning issue of emission. The consensus is that the type of fuel used by a vehicle should be of no

Traffic pollution has been directly linked to lung cancer for the first time in a landmark study that will increase pressure to reduce the number of cars. Researchers in Sweden studying the effect of

Major refineries in the country are going all out to meet a September 1 deadline to bring down sulphur content in diesel (perhaps the most visibly polluting of all fuels ) to 0.25 per cent, from an

California's first attempt to turn rice shubble and tree trimmings into ethanol resembles a scene from "Back to the Future," the 1980s movie in which trash was dumped into one end of a machine and

The Environment Pollution(Prevention & Control) Authority (EPA) for the National Capital Region(NCR) which is said to have recommended a ban on diesel-driven private vehicles which, in its

Toyota's hybrid Prius saloon is powered by both an electric motor and a petrol engine - a combination that's designed to be clean and miserly with fuel, but without the performance constraints of

Ecologists seldom give credit to market forces for inproving the environment but the low sulphur diesel promise of Indian Oil Corporation has forced some to change their opinion. The supply of low

The Transport Department is working at an action plan to help all the 1.25 lakh autorickshaws change over to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) as fuel from January 1,2000.An interim order directing autos

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