Madrid Bans Non-Resident Cars, Accepts Motorcycles
25 Sep 2014, 14:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are getting serious in Spain’s capital Madrid as the local Mayor announced that no non-resident will be allowed in the center of the city as of the first day of 2015, elpais reports. Ac...
Paris Will Get 600 Hybrid Buses in Strugle with Air Pollution
3 Sep 2014, 16:43 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / As the entire world is facing several environmental problems, crowded cities in Western Europe are also fighting with pollution. After deciding to reduce the number of cars allowed to run in Paris t...
China Fights Back on Pollution: 5 Million Older Vehicles Off The Road
27 May 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / China’s government has recently announced big plans to reduce the massive pollution the country is struggling with. 5 million older vehicles will be taken off the road this year, after the wor...
147 Million Americans Breath Unhealthy, Polluted Air. Los Angeles Is Worse Off
30 Apr 2014, 18:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The American Lung Association (ALA) released Wednesday its annual pollution rankings. The so called "State of Air 2014" report suggests Los Angeles is the worst place to live if you plans ...
Canada to Adopt US Emission Standards
11 Jun 2013, 14:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Canada’s Environment Minister, Peter Kent, has announced his country will adopt the United States Tier 3 emissions standards for passenger cars in order to reduce air pollution from new vehicl...
China Now Choking on 240 Million Cars on Its Roads
1 Feb 2013, 14:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Restrictive measures like only allowing people to drive every other day might seem restrictive and harsh, but the People's Republic of China is choking on its own success. The country is now...
Study Shows that Traffic Pollution Increases Risk of Autism in Young Children
29 Nov 2012, 13:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are all aware of the fact that the noxious fumes that come out of the back of cars sunning on oil-based fuels are highly poisonous and damaging to human health, yet we don`t really seem to grasp ...
CARB Approves $27 Million Fund for California Clean Air Program
4 Jul 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The California Ai Resources Board (CARB), has announced that they have approved a $27-million fund for its Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP). If you haven’t heard of AQIP, it is, accordin...
World Health Organization Deems Diesel Fumes as 'Carcinogenic'
13 Jun 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The World Health Organization (WHO) have moved the status of diesel fumes from the ‘probable carcinogen’ category to the ‘carcinogen’ category. Of course we are aware that di...
How Exhaust Systems Work
17 Jun 2011, 06:16 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Although at first this may seem like a subject that any I-know-it-all car fan is already familiar with, we've come to the conclusion in recent years that there are a lot of preconceptions and e...
Hungary to Ban Use of Foreign License Plates
17 May 2011, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's a little plague going on in Eastern Europe, one that causes a lot of trouble for the drivers in countries like Romania or Hungary. That little plague is simply called a tax, one that mu...
Huge Drop in Beijing Car Sales Starts Taking Shape
3 Jan 2011, 10:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After Beijing authorities introduced a bunch of new rules to curtail the number of cars sold in the Chinese capital, dealerships are nothing more than empty halls, with new car buyers staying away f...
Beijing Fights Pollution by Banning Driving
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / It's true. Instead of focusing on hugging trees like some organizations do, the Chinese have come up with a more efficient way of lowering city pollution levels: banning driving. Drastic as it ...
Audi Will Make Four-Cylinder A8
10 Nov 2010, 08:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Most of the world’s biggest carmakers are planning new, greener versions of their luxury saloons. BMW has invested EUR1.2 billion in green fuel saving, while Mercedes has doubled its investmen...
Big Diesel Engines Produce 90% Less Pollutants, Study Shows
19 Jun 2009, 11:18 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Big diesel engines used in trucks and buses have never been famous for their environmentally friendly attitude, yet you probably don't realize just how much they have evolved from the old days ...