Saboteurs Unlimited
The key actors in the government responsible for implementing the Supreme Court order do not share the vision to safeguard public health. An …
The CNG imperative
More than 50,000 additional deaths will occur over the next ten years, from 2001 to 2010, from toxic particles in Delhi if the Supreme Court …
The CNG sabotage
To clean up Delhi's air, the Supreme Court ruled in July 1998 that all public transport should move away from diesel and towards compressed …
Desperate for gas
Gas is the cleanest of fossil fuels and also more efficient and cheaper to use. Yet, in India, there has been no policy focus on this fuel, …
Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …
City bus In demand, out of supply
After years of building roads and flyovers, Delhi government has decided to change tack to address congestion on its roads invest in new, sleek …
CNG bus market
If it is laid down that diesel is a bad fuel on environmental grounds, TELCO's interests in the diesel car market would suffer. Hence it is …
Deadlines to break
The September 30 deadline to convert all buses to CNG is likely to be botched up if the Delhi government is not quick on its feet
Environment to the defence
Ironically, Indian scooter manufacturers keep the Chinese at bay using strict emission norms. With WTO rules in place, domestic emission norms …
Freewheel
Who wants to buy a scooter that's priced as high as a limousine? The auto industry can choose to make costly changes to the conventional …
Gassing around
The bogey of price hike and non-availability of gas might delay action to implement the court order on CNG conversion
Playing dirty
There is an urgent need for a post APM fuel policy if we want to address environmental concerns
Sabotage
The inside story of how the Union government, experts and automakers have conspired to compromise Delhi's public health and to sabotage the …
Driven by the market
There is more to profit from alternative fuel technologies than meeting emission norms with conventional fuels. But is the industry listening?
CNG Verdict: A Legal Debate
No matter how one looks at the Supreme Court's April 5 ruling on air pollution in Delhi, it is undoubtedly a milestone in Indian judicial history.…
Directive dumps diesel
As Mumbai High Court delivers its final verdict, CNG is set to replace diesel in taxis and three-wheelers plying in the city
Clean call
Let the Bhure Lal Committee decide on what qualifies to be a clean fuel, says the Supreme Court
The Sherlock principle
When there is only one option left, it is the right answer: this was the Supreme Court's logic in the CNG order
Little chance of Kolkata getting CNG soon; land acquisition hiccups halt supply
The land acquisition process for the pipeline in West Bengal is slow, says GAIL, the Union government’s nodal agency for supplying CNG
Why shouldn't we tax CNG?
The Union revenue secretary, S Narayan , has no clue as to how fiscal instruments are designed to balance revenue priorities and secure a clean …
Contemptuous moves
Do Arundhati Roy and M L Khurana understand what they are doing by undermining yet another institution of our democracy?
Making polluters pay
Proposal to tax polluting vehicles in Andhra Pradesh even as petroleum ministry refuses it natural gas
Just passed!
The Indian automobile industry gets a rude shock: its pedestrian performance makes winners look like losers
Yet another pretense
CNG technology is not proven, says the Delhi government to avoid implementing the Supreme Court order
Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu promises green, clean Indian Railways
With measures to boost solar power generation and water conservation, budget has been termed “futuristic and technology-driven”