Be Ready For Lower Emissions in London
In a bid to bring cleaner air to London’s millions of residents and visitors, the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was introduced in 2008, and it has proved to be a successful initiative. At the beginning of 2012, the parameters of the requirements will be changing, and many companies have so far failed to heed the [...]
CO2 Emissions dropped in the first half of 2010!
Carbon dioxide emissions from the new cars are continuously reducing. This has been possible thanks to the continous efforts of the vehicle manufacturers who have contributed to the fall of 4.7% of new car CO2 emissions in the first half of 2010 itself compared to the previous year. This data has been released by the [...]
Jetta TDI greener in 2009 – B5 Biodiesel
After first introducing its clean diesel technology on the race track in 2008, Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced it will use B5 biodiesel to power its race cars, transport vehicles and generators during the 2009 Jetta TDI Cup season. Houston-based HYPERFUELS will supply B5 biodiesel for the series, which is sanctioned by the Sports Car [...]
The Convenient Solution
A short film about climate change and energy (Or how drinking beer can help save the planet). We all know that, to stop climate change, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. The UK government says they need nuclear power to do this. Greenpeace’s new film explains why nuclear power can’t stop climate change – [...]
energy [r]evolution
Climate change is changing our world. Within the lifetimes of children being born today, it may challenge our survival as a species. The Earth is hotter than it has been for at least one thousand years. By the end of this century, if current trends continue, the temperature will likely climb higher than it’s been [...]
Switch to ethanol may be harmful to health, scientist says
Switching from gasoline to ethanol – touted as a green alternative at the pump – may create dirtier air, causing slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says. Nearly 200 more people would die yearly from respiratory problems if all vehicles in the United States were to run on a fuel blend made mostly of [...]
Major pollutants
Whenever there is a talk about the environmental issues caused by the use of fossil fuels, especially those used in the automobiles, a list of polluting agents who are playing the villainous roles are targeted. Most of these are the byproducts of the combustion of the fuels, while others are the chemicals used in the [...]
Global warming – a warning to the world
A hypersensitive issue capable of bringing all nations around one table- that is the ‘global warming’- a term allotted to the extraordinary increase in the atmospheric temperature due to the accumulation of green house gases. Green house gases (GHG) mainly comprise carbon dioxide, which is emitted to the atmosphere as the byproduct of burning of [...]