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GREENHOUSE EFFECT IN CARS
Stanford researchers say your car heats up to 40 degrees in an hour, and does a sunshade solution work?- Scientists just found a 15-million-year-old climate time capsule in giant eggshells from Namibia, and the oxygen inside suggests plants may have been far less active at pulling CO₂ from the air during a warmer Earth
- Why your AC doesn’t cool faster at 18°C? Here's the 'low-cost' trick experts say is the real ‘sweet spot’ for perfect cooling
- E20 petrol now the main fuel in India from April 1. What this big shift means, and can your car handle ethanol-blended fuel?India has mandated E20 petrol, a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol, across the nation from April 1, 2025. This initiative aims to reduce ...01 Apr, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
- Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulationThe Trump administration, via the EPA, proposed revoking the 2009 endangerment finding, which declared greenhouse gases a threat to public ...29 Jul, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
- EVs can’t fix a global epidemic of ‘car harm,’ study findsA global all-EV fleet perpetuates car harm, including deaths, injuries, pollution, and inequality. Car ownership is higher in richer countr...08 Mar, 2024, 10.27 AM IST
- Electric vehicles can't compete with the emotional roar of an engine - but does that matter?Electric vehicle (EV) sales have been growing at a rapid pace. Their share of the global car market has risen from around 4 per cent in 202...19 Jul, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
- Maruti Suzuki India seeks correct accounting of greenhouse gas emission benefits of ethanolIt is aimed at lowering fuel consumption of vehicles by reducing their CO2 emissions, mandating the average corporate CO2 emission to be le...12 Dec, 2022, 09.08 PM IST
- EU lawmakers back ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035Lawmakers suported a proposal, made by the European Commission last year, to require a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 203...08 Jun, 2022, 10.33 PM IST
- Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, the United Nations said Monday in a stark warning ahea...25 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
- Europe plans aggressive new laws to phase out fossil fuelsThe legislation is expected to be in sharp contrast to vague aspirations by various other countries to neutralize their emissions by midcen...14 Jul, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
- CO2 reaches its highest level in more than 4 million yearsThree centuries ago, before the beginning of the industrial age, geological records show that number was 280 ppm. In other words, by burnin...08 Jun, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
- Volkswagen triples electric car sales ahead of climate rulesAutomaker Volkswagen tripled sales of battery-only cars in 2020 as its new electric compact ID.3 came on the market ahead of tough new Euro...12 Jan, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
- Improving material use and resource efficiency can reduce greenhouse gas emissions: UN science panelAccording to the International Resource Panel, emissions from the production of materials as a share of global greenhouse gas emissions inc...13 Dec, 2019, 11.39 PM IST
- Driverless taxis can help reduce greenhouse gas emissionsA fleet of driverless taxis roaming a city to pick up passengers may not only be cost-effective, it could also greatly reduce per-mile emis...07 Jul, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
- Biotech crops helped check 19 bn kg of CO2 last year: ReportA world agriculture body has estimated that biotech plant technology helped in preventing the release of 19 billion kg of carbon dioxide in...19 Feb, 2012, 12.44 PM IST
- China to tighten emission rules for commercial vehiclesChina will soon strengthen rules for greenhouse gas emissions from commercial vehicles that run on diesel fuel as part of its commitment to...31 May, 2011, 02.08 PM IST
- GM, Chrysler hail Obama auto emissions initiativeUS government-supported auto giants GM and Chrysler reacted positively on Monday to news President Barack Obama aims to improve vehicle fue...19 May, 2009, 08.57 AM IST
- They pollute tooThe bane of internet age, spams also leave carbon footprints.17 Apr, 2009, 02.57 AM IST
- Prius politics is a green PR that might hurt US economyMy younger son calls the Toyota Prius a “hippie car”, and he has a point. Not that Prius drivers are “hippies.27 Jul, 2007, 05.23 AM IST
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