| URBAN AIR POLLUTION |
Strict US norms for motorcycles
The US Environmental Protection Agency has kickstarted the cleanup drive for highway motorcycles by revising their emission standards after two and a half decades. The new norms, which are more stringent, were notified on December 23 and will come into effect in 2006. When implemented fully, they are estimated to reduce hydrocarbon and oxides of nitrogen emissions by about 54,000 tonnes a year
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Kein diesel ohne filter
A campaign in Germany demands
particulate filters in diesel cars
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 Murky
manoeuvre
USEPA’s smokescreen to avoid curbing vehicular emissions
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 Nano
particles
So tiny as to defy geometric definition, pose a serious challenge to scientists,
regulatory authorities and health experts. |
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 Smoggy
existence
Air quality in India's small towns has deteriorated
over the years
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 Deadly
particles
Tiny and toxic, these airborne particles defy
measurement. If nothing is done soon, a dirty cloud of haze promises to blanket
India’s next millennium |
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 Dirtier cousins: Polluted and ignored
A sharp rise in polluting motor vehicles and mismanagement of public transport has
caused ambient air quality to plummet in smaller cities and towns |
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 Acid rain in India
Scientists are worried that acid rain is imminent
in India, causing irreparable damage to the country’s biodiversity, crop yields and
the economy. Are we prepared? |
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| URBAN TRANSPORTATION |
 Choked cities
Only more reasoned urban transport plans can untangle the
congestion gridlock |
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 Car free and footloose
A movement is spreading across Europe to
drive cars out |
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| INSPECTION & MAINTENANCE |
 Exhausting practices
Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates remain an
obsession with the Indian government. Like the auto industry, it remains blissfully
unaware of developments elsewhere... |
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| ALTERNATIVE
FUELS & TECHNOLOGY |
 Worse
than the worst
Hydrogen fuel is hostile to stratospheric ozone |
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A simple
wish
A hybrid car, at your doorstep |
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Taken for a ride
Union govt
fails to promote electric three-wheelers |
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| N E W S |
 SC frowns at fuel racket
No guzzling!
A sputtering start
Gearing up
Brakes on
SUV
Bottlenecks
aplenty
Don't junk
it
Norms in
place
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Unmasking
aerosols
No
escape
The
enemy within
Steering
the way
Setting out
How
carcinogenic is your car?
Diesel:
Engines of the Devil
A renewable crisis