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Heavy duty vehicle emission pollution control in China

Presentation by Li Kunsheng of Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

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Worldwide progress in vehicle technology and emissions norms leaders and...

Presentation by Michael P. Walsh, International Consultant at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

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International response to black carbon science: Implications for transport...

Presentation by Ray Minjares, Clean Air Program Lead at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

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Diesel at crossroads: Science and politics of luxury emissions

Presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi,

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding 10 years old diesel vehicles...

Considering request of the Delhi government, NGT has stayed for two weeks its order  to impound old diesel vehicles plying in the capital city for more than 10 years. The green tribunal also sought...

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State ‘misled’ Centre on vehicle pollution norms

Haryana seems to have misled the Centre over registration of the BS-IV compliant vehicles in 11 districts of the states falling in the NCR during the recent meeting of the environment ministers in New

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on hybrid and electric vehicles, 21/04/2015

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri g. M. Siddeshwara informed the Parliament that a scheme, namely ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &)...

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on auto fuel policy, 27/04/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on auto fuel policy, 27/04/2015.One of the questions raised was "whether the Government proposes to upgrade Auto Fuel Policy and has constituted an Expert

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National Auto Fuel Policy: Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas...

Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (2014-15) present this Fifth Report on `National Auto Fuel Policy'. The Policy aims to holistically address the issues of vehicular emissions,...

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Estimation of the PM2.5 pollution levels in Beijing based on nighttime light...

Nighttime light data record the artificial light on the Earth’s surface and can be used to estimate the degree of pollution associated with particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ban on ban on diesel and...

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 29/05/2015 regarding ban on ban on diesel and...

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Impacts of CO2 mandates for new cars in the European Union

CO2 emissions mandates for new light-duty passenger vehicles have recently been adopted in the European Union (EU), which require steady reductions to 95 g CO2/km in 2021. Using a computable general...

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Costs and benefits of motor vehicle emission control programs in China

China has made tremendous progress in emission control for on-road vehicles (light duty vehicles, buses, and heavy-duty trucks) in recent decades. The vehicle population in China grew nearly sevenfold,

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by vehicles...

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development & Others Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others

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Question raised in Lok Sabha on International Emission Norms, 11/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on International Emission Norms, 11/08/2015. Different countries have laid down different emission and fuel standards for vehicles. The emission and fuel standards adopted

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Direct progression from Bharat IV to Bharat VI national vehicle emission...

The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been considering the possibility of leapfrogging from Bharat Stage (BS) IV emission standards in April 2017 to BS VI emission standards in April 2020.

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The science behind the Volkswagen emissions scandal

Revelations that Volkswagen, the world’s biggest car maker, rigged its emissions testing in the United States to circumvent regulations and boost its sales have sent shock waves through the car industry.

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Global status report on road safety 2015

The Global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding growing air pollution in...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/12/2014 regarding growing air pollution of Delhi.A team of CPCB, DPCC, a Scientist

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Draft Notification BS-V and BS-VI for M & N Category of vehicles above...

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued a draft notification for implementation of BS-V and BS-VI norms for the automobile sector, covering the four wheeler category. According to a...

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