What car is this anyway?

Can a pumpset metamorphose into a motor vehicle? Somewhere out there in Haryana,they call this smoke-belching, spit-and-gum contraption a Maruta

SMOG INC.

A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE SMOKESCREEN OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION

Exhausting concerns

The automobile industry is worried about a proposed legislation that may soon make it mandatory for manufacturers to fit vehicles with catalytic …

Green blah

Is the desire for a cleaner environment a mere faddish concern? Some Dutch wisdom goes sour during a recent greenhouse debate

Not for hire

What does the phase-out of commercial vehicles mean to the drivers of autorickshaws and taxis that have gone off the road?

Wheels within wheels

Car pools for urban traffic blues

A cocktail of chemicals

...that's what New Bombay residents seem to be consuming daily, with thousands of chemical industries and lakhs of vehicles burping out …

SMOG INC.

A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE SMOKESCREEN OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION

Sequel to a murder story

It is dangerous to breathe in most Indian cities, and even though the government accepts this, precious little is being done about it

Rent an e-scooter

An electric two-wheeler service in Pune promises to make commuting cleaner, easier

Lurking threat

Nascent, nasty and lethal, ozone has risen to dangerous levels in Delhi, and is increasing in various cities -- damaging human health and …

A lot of smoke

While some commend the Delhi government's proposal to ban the sale of new two-wheelers fitted with two-stroke engines from January 2000, …

When wealth is not health

India's economic growth has come at a terrible price. In two decades, while the GDP more than doubled, vehicular pollution increased eight times …

Micro is big. Talk nano

Researchers studying the health effects of tiny particles from vehicular emissions are finding out more on a new threat: nanoparticles

Green university

Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus

More to Auto expo than Tata's Nano

On air

Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister's office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles

Diesel vs Cars Environment

Diesel vehicles still have a long way to go as far as controlling particulate emissions is concerned and at the current level of technology …

Liberalising pollution

In the absence of appropriate regulations, liberalisation of the Indian auto industry will ruin public health

Fatal Attraction

The thirst for diesel in India is growing. Diesel mania grips the Indian automobile industry and the customers with more and more companies going …

Dirty Rich City

Hong Kong will have to pay dearly for cleaning up its dirty air

A clear case of racism

In New York, bus depots are located in areas where coloured people live

Licence to kill

One person dies every hour in Delhi due to ambient air choked with particles. Diesel exhaust is a major source of fine particles that are …

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 …

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