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How to Get A PUC Certificate Online
The government makes it mandatory for each vehicle to possess vehicle pollution under control (PUC) certificate. Here's how you can obtain one online.
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Carmakers Must Overhaul Production Plans To Hit Climate Goals: Report
The world's 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors to do more to pressure boards to change their production plans. The report by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change looked at the fi...
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Indians Use Too Big Cars For A Single Person: Pawan Goenka
With cars largely perceived as a status symbol in India and the newfound likeness towards utility vehicles, it's not uncommon to see a single person driving around in a large car. Not only that adds to the traffic on roads but the overall pollution levels as well. Calling this out, Pawan Goenka, Mahindra & Mahindra, Managing Director, said that In...
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Indonesia Proposes To Tax Polluting Cars
Indonesia's finance minister proposed on Wednesday new duties on sweetened drinks, vehicles that emit carbon dioxide and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
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Indonesia's Capital Curbs Private Cars In Bid To Cut Choking Pollution
Indonesia's capital announced new curbs on private cars on Wednesday as it moves to rein in Jakarta's choking air pollution, but experts warned the measures were unlikely to stamp out the problem.
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7 Things Car Owners Can Do To Combat Air Pollution
While there will always be the larger debate on how much do vehicles actually contribute to air pollution in NCR, the fact of the matter is the issue is as real and serious as it gets and is affecting each one of us. So, as vehicle owners, you can do your part to combat air pollution.
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Delhi Pollution: Use Of Private Cars Could Be Banned If Smog Becomes Worse
India may halt the use of private vehicles in the capital New Delhi if air pollution, which has reached severe levels in recent days, gets worse, a senior environmental official said.
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Germany Could Impose Limited Diesel Car Bans In Strategy Shift
Germany's government, which has steadfastly opposed barring heavily-polluting diesel cars from cities, is working on changes to allow driving bans on certain routes on an emergency basis, documents seen by Reuters showed. Junior transport minister Norbert Barthle, a conservative, disclosed the shift in a reply to a parliamentary question by the Gre...
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Singapore Rolls Out Tough Measures To Keep Cars Off The Roads
To mitigate its tough policies, Singapore has built a modern public transport network with a subway, overland trains and buses, and the government recently announced a plan to spend Sg$28 billion to upgrade the system.
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'Excess' Car Pollution Killed 38,000 In 2015: Study
"Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that car-makers sought to hide.
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Mercedes to Maruti: Cars Causing More Pollution in India Than Europe
From Mercedes to Maruti cars in India emits almost 4 and a half times more cancer causing particulate matter and over double the amount of the poisonous nitrogen oxide than the same model made for Europe.
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For a Decade Now, Mumbai's Sitting on its Reduce Cars Plan
As Delhi plans to limit vehicles with either even or odd number plates to alternate days of the week, Mumbai is worried about what it should to control air pollution.
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Paris Mayor Wants to Ban Diesel Cars by 2020 to Fight Pollution
The mayor of Paris called for diesel cars to be banned from the French capital by 2020 and said pedestrian-only neighbourhoods should be created in the city centre as part of a plan to fight pollution.
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Annual fitness test of private vehicles to become norm in Delhi
All private car owners in the city may soon have to go for an annual fitness test of their vehicles with the Delhi government all set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per the current norms, only commercial vehicles need to go for an annual fitness check while private vehicles which are more than 15 y...
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How to Get A PUC Certificate Online
The government makes it mandatory for each vehicle to possess vehicle pollution under control (PUC) certificate. Here's how you can obtain one online.
-
Carmakers Must Overhaul Production Plans To Hit Climate Goals: Report
The world's 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors to do more to pressure boards to change their production plans. The report by the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change looked at the fi...
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Indians Use Too Big Cars For A Single Person: Pawan Goenka
With cars largely perceived as a status symbol in India and the newfound likeness towards utility vehicles, it's not uncommon to see a single person driving around in a large car. Not only that adds to the traffic on roads but the overall pollution levels as well. Calling this out, Pawan Goenka, Mahindra & Mahindra, Managing Director, said that In...
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Indonesia Proposes To Tax Polluting Cars
Indonesia's finance minister proposed on Wednesday new duties on sweetened drinks, vehicles that emit carbon dioxide and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
-
Indonesia's Capital Curbs Private Cars In Bid To Cut Choking Pollution
Indonesia's capital announced new curbs on private cars on Wednesday as it moves to rein in Jakarta's choking air pollution, but experts warned the measures were unlikely to stamp out the problem.
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7 Things Car Owners Can Do To Combat Air Pollution
While there will always be the larger debate on how much do vehicles actually contribute to air pollution in NCR, the fact of the matter is the issue is as real and serious as it gets and is affecting each one of us. So, as vehicle owners, you can do your part to combat air pollution.
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Delhi Pollution: Use Of Private Cars Could Be Banned If Smog Becomes Worse
India may halt the use of private vehicles in the capital New Delhi if air pollution, which has reached severe levels in recent days, gets worse, a senior environmental official said.
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Germany Could Impose Limited Diesel Car Bans In Strategy Shift
Germany's government, which has steadfastly opposed barring heavily-polluting diesel cars from cities, is working on changes to allow driving bans on certain routes on an emergency basis, documents seen by Reuters showed. Junior transport minister Norbert Barthle, a conservative, disclosed the shift in a reply to a parliamentary question by the Gre...
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Singapore Rolls Out Tough Measures To Keep Cars Off The Roads
To mitigate its tough policies, Singapore has built a modern public transport network with a subway, overland trains and buses, and the government recently announced a plan to spend Sg$28 billion to upgrade the system.
-
'Excess' Car Pollution Killed 38,000 In 2015: Study
"Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that car-makers sought to hide.
-
Mercedes to Maruti: Cars Causing More Pollution in India Than Europe
From Mercedes to Maruti cars in India emits almost 4 and a half times more cancer causing particulate matter and over double the amount of the poisonous nitrogen oxide than the same model made for Europe.
-
For a Decade Now, Mumbai's Sitting on its Reduce Cars Plan
As Delhi plans to limit vehicles with either even or odd number plates to alternate days of the week, Mumbai is worried about what it should to control air pollution.
-
Paris Mayor Wants to Ban Diesel Cars by 2020 to Fight Pollution
The mayor of Paris called for diesel cars to be banned from the French capital by 2020 and said pedestrian-only neighbourhoods should be created in the city centre as part of a plan to fight pollution.
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Annual fitness test of private vehicles to become norm in Delhi
All private car owners in the city may soon have to go for an annual fitness test of their vehicles with the Delhi government all set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per the current norms, only commercial vehicles need to go for an annual fitness check while private vehicles which are more than 15 y...
