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| Devices to keep tab on pollution near city's border |
| Shagun Kapil |
| Deccan Herald , Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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The Delhi government will install mobile pollution monitoring devices near city’s borders to monitor the impact of the recent Supreme Court order to levy a pollution tax on non-destined commercial veh ...More
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| Sensor-Based Purifier to Combat Rising Toxicity |
| Amrutha Varshinii |
| The New Indian Express , Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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CHENNAI: With more buildings and heavy traffic gobbling up space in Chennai, the metropolis has slipped into the ‘non-attainment area’, that is, not meeting the national ambient air quality standards ...More
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| Enforcing global climate deal: Speak loudly, carry no stick |
| Alister Doyle /Reuters |
| The Asian Age , Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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Negotiators have several terms for the way they plan to enforce any deal reached at global climate talks in Paris this December. “Peer pressure” and “cooperation” are a couple. “Race to the top” is th ...More
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| Levy pollution tax from Nov 1, says Supreme Court |
| Amit Anand Choudhary |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: In a move to check high level of air pollution in the capital, the Supreme Court on Monday formally imposed Environment Compensation Charge on vehicles entering Delhi from November 1. Heavy ...More
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| Pollution tax on Delhi trucks |
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| The Telegraph , Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
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New Delhi, Oct. 12: Big trucks entering Delhi will have to pay Rs 1,300 and smaller commercial vehicles Rs 700 with the Supreme Court today ordering an experimental pollution compensation charge from ...More
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| Halt play for pollution? Only if they can't see the ball |
| AFP |
| The Times of India , Monday, October 12, 2015 |
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BEIJING: A senior China Open tennis official said Sunday matches would not be stopped for air pollution unless it was so bad that players could not see the ball, following renewed concerns over Beijin ...More
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| Mixed reaction to pollution charge for trucks |
| AKANKSHA JAIN |
| The Hindu , Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
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The Supreme Court’s decision to levy pollution charge on trucks, though awaiting formal order, has generated mixed response.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Friday welcomed the Suprem ...More
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| Pay for causing pollution, SC to trucks entering Delhi |
| KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL |
| The Hindu , Friday, October 09, 2015 |
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Formal judicial orders on October 12
Declaring that controlling Delhi's pollution has become the "requirement of the day", the Supreme Court agreed to formalise in a judicial order a series of direct ...More
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| SC agrees to Rs 1,300 tax on polluting trucks |
| Dhananjay Mahapatra |
| The Times of India , Friday, October 09, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: In a bid to reduce the capital's high air pollution levels, the Supreme Court on Friday said it would order levying of a pollution tax of Rs 1,300 on heavy trucks and Rs 700 on light commer ...More
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| Estimates of trucks entering Delhi off by 70% |
| Mayank Aggarwal |
| Live Mint , Wednesday, October 07, 2015 |
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New Delhi: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Monday released a study which said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) underestimates the total number of trucks entering the natio ...More
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