Auto industry misleading us, says CSE; vehicles remain a major source of air pollution
CSE challenges the misleading number game of the industry to underplay vehicular pollution
"A great step forward", says CSE, on the Union government's move to leapfrog to Euro VI emissions standards in 2020
Diesel car emissions will be reduced to the level of petrol emissions; diesel particulate levels from diesel cars, buses and trucks will come down drastically
CSE welcomes the move to restrain diesel cars in Delhi
Diesel exhaust has already been branded as human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the WHO has shocked the world
Press release: CSE welcomes Supreme Court nod to tax diesel cars
The Supreme Court has acknowledged that dieselisation of cars needs to be addressed with effective tax measures
Press Release: CSE trashes contention that diesel use by cars is very low
Says this is a ploy to avoid higher taxation on diesel cars
Small Cars - Big Dilemmas
The farmers of Singur in West Bengal are desperate to save their land from transforming into an assembly line for cars of Tata Motors priced at one lakh rupees (US$2222). While the state’s left front government is eager to oblige with cheap land deal, the Union government is ready with more tax cuts to shorten the fuse and set off explosion in car sales. In promising unconditional support our regulators forgot to ask about the product itself, -- an unusually cheap micro car – whose impact will reverberate much beyond Singur.
CSE welcomes and supports finance minister's move to consider removing subsidy on diesel used in passenger cars
Says this will check use of diesel in cars and cut toxic risk from diesel emissions. Will curb energy guzzling incited by cheap diesel and the shift towards bigger engines and SUVs Will help government cap revenue losses from luxury consumption of diesel
CSE welcomes Delhi government's move to make diesel cars dearer
Decision will cut toxic risk from diesel cars and protect public health
Budget skirts the real issues, does not do enough for environmental concerns: CSE
Finance minister loses courage to put fiscal breaks on SUVs and diesel cars Budget fails to put forward any new proposal to strengthen bus transport
Finance Minister, it is time to take a decision to stop misuse of diesel subsidy by the rich diesel car owners. Any further delay will cost hugely to the nation and our health
Keep the taxes on big cars effectively high and not give in to industry pressure. Link up taxes with the actual fuel use of the car to prevent fuel guzzling
Why clean diesel is a myth in India?
Hell broke lose when the environment minister Jairam Ramesh called SUVs criminal for guzzling cheap subsidized diesel. He is right -- The real beneficiaries of the diesel subsidy are the owners of "BMWs, Benz and Hondas'', and not the farmers. He pitched for reforms in diesel prices; penalty on those who use subsidized diesel for luxury use in SUVs.
Snakes and ladder on diesel taxes
Formula to tax diesel cars ineffective, says CSE
The long-awaited pricing formula for petroleum products has been tabled by the Kirit Parikh panel – but the prescription falls woefully short of correcting the distorted taxes on automotive fuels (petrol and diesel), says Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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.