Florida's draft motor rules

Smog has to be cleared

Fuel prices delay emissions trading in New Zealand

As told to Parliament (March 17, 2021): Indian Railways eye 20 GW solar power from vacant land by 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

South Asia

Sops for devil’s engines

Budget bites on vehicles

Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars

Electrifying offshore platforms targets a tiny fraction of the oil industry’s emissions

Configuration & location of some of the older installations mean that electrification will prove to be prohibitively expensive

Burn water!

A college dropout from a south Indian village, has produced a form of crude, low-sulphur 'petroleum' by mixing water and some herbs, shown that …

Spreading the fire

The mandarins of the Indian science establishment have begun pushing the process of making the 'wonder-fuel' from water and herbs to its logical …

Row over ruling

A WTO ruling raps the US for its unfair trade practices and the failure to stick to environmental rules on clean fuel standard

Playing dirty

There is an urgent need for a post APM fuel policy if we want to address environmental concerns

No lead in Lanka

Sri Lanka is set to curb atmospheric lead pollution by introducing lead-free petrol for its cars

India's 20% ethanol-petrol blending target advanced to 2025

Currently, 8.5% of ethanol is blended with petrol in India

Cashing in on green consumers

Britain and USA have followed hard on the heels of the German eco-angel, but, unfortunately, most such schemes continue to remain "green froth".

One step back

Under pressure from the industry, the Australian government relaxes petrol and diesel emission standards

Clean call

Let the Bhure Lal Committee decide on what qualifies to be a clean fuel, says the Supreme Court

NaMo budget on transport and pollution: Green expectations - Dashed hopes

NDAÔÇÖs maiden budget upholds and supports UPAII blunders to protect the automobile industry while ignoring the perils of …

India researchers make petrol from plastic

The Indian Institute of Petroleum has developed a technology that uses a combination of catalysts to produce high-quality diesel and petrol

Can Nigeria kill the fuel subsidy?

With nearly 5,000% increase in expenditure on petrol import subsidy, IMF and World Bank call for funds for education and health sectors

UK paid £43 billion in green taxes in 2013

The figure was the highest ever for the country, with the majority of the environmental taxes paid by the commercial sector

Lead the way out

Many cities of the world reel under severe lead pollution as they continue using heavily leaded petrol. The case for the phasing-out of lead is …

Russia-Ukraine war to have ‘ripple effects’ on India’s fuel prices: Experts

India should take this as a market signal and channel investments into electric vehicles and green hydrogen, which are substitutes for oil and gas,…

Bharat Stage VI: India leapfrogs today and it is no Fool’s day  

Despite the pall of gloom around COVID-19, there is reason to cheer that India has become the only country to leapfrog directly to Bharat Stage …

Vehicular fumes escalate deaths and illness: New global study

Diesel vehicles responsible for nearly half the world's premature deaths. Delhi ranks sixth