What about the rights of pedestrians?

EC announce draft proposal

The catalytic convertor completes 30 years of cleaning vehicle exhaust

Most comprehensive US study on air pollution indicative of a crisis

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

Make no mistake, US President George W Bush's office has conceded that green laws make sound economic sense. Although the White House reiterated what it states in a report released every year, greater significance is being attached to the review conducted this time because it is the most comprehensive ever. The study concludes that the quantified benefits of environmental regulations exceed the costs of implementing them by a much wider margin than previously believed. Another key revelation is that 60 to 70 per cent of the gains are attributable to a handful of clean air rules

USEPA's smokescreen to avoid curbing vehicular emissions

The California Air Resources Board -- the world's trendsetter of air pollution standards -- was clearly being quite ambitious while mandating that 10 per cent of all new cars to be sold in the state during 2003 should be zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). After a short while, it was forced to roll back the directive, thanks to insurmountable constraints -- the limited distance for which batteries run, high costs and very poor market response. This setback unlocked the door for near-ZEVs, such as the hybrid car, perhaps the best available choice to overcome pollution