Negotiations on reducing carbon dioxide emissions of Japanese cars in Europe are under way between the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and the European Commission, following the

Not all passenger vehicles are created equal when it comes to the amount of pollution that flows from their tailpipes. Minivans, sport utility vehicles and light duty pickup trucks all throw off

A reduction in pollution from vehicular emissions in Europe from 2005 seems more plausible now. The deadlock between the European Union (EU), oil producers and European car manufacturers over

A city-based advocate has moved Madras High Court to ban plying of LPG-powered automobiles and conversion of petrol engines into that of

Roughly 8,500 Delhiites die due to pollution every year, states a study conducted by the World Health Organisation . Such alarming statistics and many more lend a perspective to the deteriorating

Black smoke from the vehicular traffic is quite the biggest source of air pollution in the Dhaka city. According to the police, 70 per cent of the vehicles on the roads are responsible for 90 per

Environmental regulators in California and Washington are preparing to require steep reductions in air pollution from cars and want to apply similar rules to sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks

The crusade for "clean air" is gradually gaining momentum in the city. A cross-section of the environment-conscious people are seeking a "concrete response" from political parties prior to this

Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to request $25.86 million in the fiscal 1998 third supplementary budget to subsidize purchases of enviornment friendly trucks by private companies. The measure is

Pollution control in the country's most polluted city has become somewhat of an unending game of passing the parcel. And the buck never seems to stop anywhere. Knee-jerk reactions like surprise