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Diesel
Jaswant Singh keeps up the tokenism
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2003
breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two-part format while delivering his maiden budget speech on February 28. But there was no departure from practice in this year's Union budget as it was at the end of the day another populist document. No sign of long-term planning or any strategy beyond the coming fiscal.
CNG sputters on
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2002
the Supreme Court's (sc) order to convert public buses in Delhi from diesel to compressed natural gas (cng) mode has had a snowballing effect throughout India.
Gasping gains
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2002
In an unprecedented move, a group of asthma patients dragged Japanese automakers to court holding them responsible for the disorder. They scored a partial victory when a Tokyo district court ordered the central and city governments to pay a compensation of US $638,000 for health problems caused by diesel fumes. It, however, rejected a demand that automakers be made to pay as well.
Auto Fool Policy
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2002
New Delhi, November 15
US comes clean
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2002
after treating it as a grey area for a decade, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (usepa) has finally declared in black and white that diesel exhaust is a "likely human carcinogen". The usepa officially acknowledged this in the final version of its report, 'Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust', published on September 4, 2002.
Oil's well that ends well
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2002
Oil industry heavyweight Pemex had to throw in the towel recently when a group of irate fisherfolk brought operations at its refinery in Salina Cruz, in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, to a grinding halt. The protesters were demanding compensation for damage which, they claim, was caused by a diesel fuel leak that occurred when a pipeline was illegally tapped last April in Juchitan, Oaxaca.
Elusive cause
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2002
THE IRRITABLE
HEART: THE MEDICAL MYSTERY OF THE GULF WAR
Jeff Wheelwright . W W Norton & Company . New York
. 2001 . 427 pages
Generating controversy
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2002
in a move that smacks of collusive manoeuvring by policymakers and the industry, diesel engine-driven agricultural pump sets have been exempted from the air emission standards notified by the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) in May 2002.
Directive dumps diesel
Issue Date: May 31, 2002
After Delhi, it is Mumbai's turn. Taking a cue from the Supreme Court's directive on conversion of Delhi's bus fleet to CNG (compressed natural gas), the Mumbai High Court has in its final order favoured alternative fuels such as CNG and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). It has almost prohibited the use of dirty diesel engines in taxis and three-wheelers (see box: For a cleaner Mumbai).
