Transport

 Trouble in the air

Strikes and protests greet the Nepal government s decision to ban polluting vehicles

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, LPG, Transport, Imports, Public Participation, Governance, Nepal
Transport

 Impact of Supreme Court order on nitrogen oxide pollution

• When all buses, autos and taxis which ply in Delhi move to cng by 2001, the total pollution load of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from vehicles will reduce by about 18 per cent against the target of

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, CNG, Transport, Three Wheelers, Legislation, Supreme Court, CSE, Delhi
Poverty

 Sinha's trick

Sinha will make life even more miserable for Indians. Wealth will come about but at the cost of the environment

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Environment, CNG, Diesel, Transport, Economic Development, Finance, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Anil Agarwal, Politics, India, Sustainable Development, Corruption, Environment Management, Vehicular Pollution
Transport

 Union ministry of surface transport

Saboteur in chief. Is responsible for making procedures. Has botched them up, discouraging those keen on CNG

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Transport

 Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas

Blames others for its failures. Is raring to destroy the CNG market by hiking prices

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Transport

 Ministry of Environment and Forests

Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it

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14/03/2001
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Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Cancer, CNG, Diesel, Transport, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, Governance, Political Parties, Politics, Delhi, Corruption
Transport

 Delhi government

Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG

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14/03/2001
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India

 Owning up

Public pressure forces SIAM to give emissions warranty

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Automobiles, Industry, CSE, India
Transport

 Abandoned to fate

Though private bus operators will have to shoulder a bulk of the responsibility of

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Transport

 Tata Energy Research Institute In service of polluters

The Swedish experts have identified traces of over 40 substances in diesel exhaust that are listed by the epa as hazardous air pollutants and by the California Air Resources Board as toxic air contaminants.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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