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Controlling urban air pollution is turning out to be an enormous challenge not only because of the rising numbers of total vehicles but also due to the increased toxic risk from the growing numbers of diesel cars. There is considerable public and policy concern regarding rapidly rising diesel car numbers in Indian cities.

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Biofuel: good idea, bad practice

Now that the reality of climate change has been accepted even by its strongest sceptics, there is a rush to find answers. The latest buzz is to substitute the use of greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels with biofuels—fuel processed from plants. Unfortunately, the way we are going about implementing this “good” idea could mean we are headed from the frying pan to the fire.

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Oil price hike: quick-fix measures wont work

Railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But think of the actions of the two in the past fortnight and you will begin seeing the difference. Sidhu led the protest for the Bharatiya Janata Party against the fuel price hike by riding an elephant. Effective but clearly stupid. Do excuse my intemperate language but the gall of the politicians to believe we are myopic and their complete lack of leadership in this time of crisis makes me mad.

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Hydrogen-natural gas: A transitional fuel

The CNG programme in Delhi provides the immediate bridge for transitioning to hydrogen in India. In a major initiative to bridge the gap between hydrogen and CNG, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited commissioned a hydrogen-compressed natural gas (H-CNG/hythane) dispensing station at Dwarka in January.
Fuel Economy Regulations: Setting the principles right

The oil price surge has caught the market watchers and media agog. Expert views war on price insulation, energy security and our vulnerability.

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Sunita Narain

Down To Earth

21 August 2010

From where our food will come

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Tags: Agricultural Inputs, Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Farmers, Food Policy, Food Security, India, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Subsidies, Sunita Narain, Water Harvesting, Watershed Development, Blogs

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Reports

EPCA Report: Report on clean fuels

Tags: Air Pollution, Diesel, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Fossil Fuels, Public Transport, Reports, Vehicular Pollution, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

EPCA Report: Getting the prices right: promoting environmentally acceptable fuels through fiscal measures

Tags: CNG, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Fuel Pricing, Indraprastha Gas (IGL), Reports, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

EPCA Report: Controlling pollution from the growing number of diesel cars in Delhi

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Policy & Legislation

Winter and Diesel cars

Even without looking at the air pollution figures we know from the darkened sky-line that Delhi's air quality gains will be lost this winter. Air has begun to get heavy with dust, smoke and particles.

Tag: Air Pollution, diesel cars, Policy Police, vehicular emissions, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Hush-hush public notice on emissions norms

We discovered this by sheer chance, buried in the website of the Union Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways. This is a public notice soliciting public opinion on the unfinished agenda of the emissions standards roadmap finalised way back in 2003.

Tag: Advanced Vehicle Technology, emission norms, Policy Police, Vehicle Technology, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Campaign Outreach

The MMT Saga

Neurotoxic petrol additive MMT: Finally banished.

Tags: Auto emission, Campaign Outreach, Fuel Additive, Fuel Quality, MMT, Refinery Technology, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Is clean diesel a myth or a solution?

Tags: Campaign Outreach, CSE Study, diesel cars, emission norms, health effects of air pollution, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Work Overview

Vehicles are a special problem as they emit in the breathing zone of people. A large number of studies are now available that show exposure to vehicle exhaust causes significant increase in respiratory symptoms and lung function impairment, cancer and plethora of other ailments.

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No need to fly: A car that cruises at supersonic speed

Farnborough (England): A British team aiming to smash the current land speed record has unveiled the design of a pencil-shaped car that it hopes will travel at more than 1,609 km an hour.