Urgent action is needed so that the city does not negate gains of first generation reforms for combating air pollution
Urgent action is needed so that the city does not negate gains of first generation reforms for combating air pollution
Urgent action is needed so that the city does not negate gains of first generation reforms for combating air pollution
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Government disqualifies mild hybrid cars from getting incentive under the FAME programme aimed to promote electric mobility in the country
ViVa or Vidyut Vahan is India's first quick charging electric vehicles. ViVa takes 90 per cent less time to charge. An electric rickshaw can be charged in 80 minutes, instead of 10 hours it takes now.
A lot it seems, says Centre for Science and Environment
Gurugram (erstwhile Gurgaon), a satellite town in the National Capital Region (NCR) and referred to as a ‘Millennium City’, is one of Haryana’s largest urban centres.
Analysis of the first phase of FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicle) programme says the agenda of electro-mobility is going nowhere. It has only pushed mild diesel hybrid cars.
No BS-III vehicles to be sold in India after April 1, says the Court
Anumita Roycowdhury, executive director-research and advocacy, CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment demands urgent intervention and action in view of the results from the new analysis of global burden of disease (GBD) estimates released by the US based Health Effect Institute (HEI) today.
While public attention is diverted towards Bharat Stage IV emissions norms becoming the nation-wide standard from April 1 this year, the new compliance rules for fuel consumption norms for cars is escaping public scrutiny.
The current PUC norms are not only too lenient to fail a vehicle, they cannot test tiny particles and NOx from in-use vehicles. Lax norms and poor enforcement make the PUC programme very ineffective. This needs an overhaul.
The Supreme Court recently passed the Graded Action Plan for Delhi to tackle its air pollution woes. Down To Earth explains how it works.
That diesel emissions are harmful and toxic is an old story. But even after 20 year of global action to clean diesel up, it is still throwing up new and more difficult challenges; and that is an unfolding story.