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
Venue: Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Dates: November 16-17, 2015 Come winters, and the air pollution bug in our cities acquires gigantic proportions every year. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been at the forefront of a campaign to sensitise citizens and lawmakers about this (see our backgrounder at http://www.downtoearth.org.in/) and how it impacts our health.
Monitoring of emissions from diesel vehicles is particularly weak. If emissions control system in modern diesel vehicles does not work, it can lead to uncontrolled killer emissions of toxic particulates and nitrogen oxides
Slams the ministry for trying to confuse and slow down policy action on vehicular pollution and block decisions on old diesel vehicles
Has diesel pricing deregulation helped address toxic risk from diesel vehicles?’ Jacaranda 2, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi November 28, 2014 10 AM-5.00 PM Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to a day-long briefing on whether diesel price deregulation has helped bring down the pollution caused by diesel vehicles.
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.