For clean air

Vikrams are out, electric vehicles are in. Still, the Nepal government's decision to import minibuses could put their clean air campaign back to …

It's bean fuel

A fuel from a vegetable source that is non-toxic, biodegradable and can be used in conventional diesel engines with little or no modifications

Bihar agrarian crisis : Why crores in diesel subsidies may not be the answer

Funds allocated in July for diesel subsidy haven't reached many farmers yet; irrigation projects needed, say locals

Cheat device in Porsche: Will India raise regulatory standards?

The penalty against Porsche, which offers five car models in India, raises questions whether a similar kind of testing will be done for its cars …

If done well, sticker scheme to give way to better pollution control measures

Colour-coded sticker scheme meant to regulate highly polluting vehicles will be implemented in October in Delhi-NCR

Rulling deferred

The Supreme Court postpones its decision to ban the registration of private disel vehicles in Delhi

Clean call

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

What ails India’s solar energy drive?

The declining price of solar power and a high import dependency has got domestic solar equipment manufacturers worried. Is the government …

Pay and pollute?

It is an irony that carmakers get away by paying a meagre 1 per cent of the cost of diesel cars while the emission data nails that they emit 7 to …

Down with diesel

The US Environment Protection Agency blows the whistle on the dirty diesel lobby

Whither clean fuel?

A proposal to make diesel cleaner in the US is opposed by the oil industry

The curse of cheap diesel

The Budget has provided the automobile industry an incentive to destory urban air quality

ULSD dearer

High demand for clean diesel in Europe sends its price zooming

New year blow

Cess on diesel car

Ban diesel

There is no such thing as safe diesel technology as of now. The only option, therefore, is to ban the manufacture of private diesel vehicles and …

NGT orders deregistration of 10-year-old diesel vehicles in NCR

Green tribunal revisits its own order asking Regional Transport Office to ban toxic vehicles on the NCR’s roads 

Diesel cars fail to meet European emission standards, reveals report

Tests carried out under urban driving conditions showed the NOx emissions of diesel cars to be much higher than the prescribed limit

Diesel Update

A European study determined that exposure to traffic-related air pollution, 'in particular diesel exhaust particles,' may lead to reduced lung …

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

Sops for devil’s engines

Paying the price

High costs discourage the use of low sulphur fuels

Out with diesel

California imposes the most stringent restrictions yet on the dirty fuel

Cleaning Patna’s air: Municipal corporation to replace diesel-run vehicles with CNG and electricity

Patna’s air quality index has become ‘very poor’ in recent years

Cooking the goose...