We need such measures in all countries!! In the meantime, strengthen public transport systems and make them popular...
regards Guru http://www.thehindu.com/business/uk-to-ban-diesel-petrol-cars/article19365771.ece U.K. to ban diesel, petrol cars Britain will join other European nations in plans to ban diesel and petrol-fuelled cars in the coming decades, in a move designed to force a shake up within the auto industry as governments seek to deal with high levels of air pollution and climate change. New diesel and petrol cars will be banned by 2040, as part of a package of measures designed to improve air quality in Britain, and meet tough EU rules on emissions, particularly around nitrogen dioxide emissions. ‘No alternative’ “There is no alternative…we cannot carry on with diesel and petrol - we would accelerate climate change and do damage to our planet and the next generation,” Britain’s environment secretary Michael Gove told BBC Radio ahead of the announcement. The plan also includes a £255 million package for local governments to bring in innovative solutions that would result in shorter-term changes too. While the government hopes to avoid charges in the short term, it remains a possibility in high emission areas. The announcement puts flesh on previous government ambitions. “We want almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2050,” read the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto. Last year, Norway announced plans to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2025, via a green tax system, while France will end the sales of these vehicles by 2040, according to plans unveiled by Emmanuel Macron’s government earlier this month. Other countries are considering moves too: Germany’s Bundesrat called for petrol vehicles to be phased out by 2030. Britain’s high levels of air pollution, estimated to cause 40,000 deaths a year, has come under close scrutiny in recent years, with London breaching its annual air pollution limits under EU rules just 117 hours into 2017. The government says 4% of Britain’s major roads are in breach of air pollution limits. Much concern has focused on diesel cars, embraced by Britain alongside the rest of Europe, thanks to an incentive programme and the belief that it was more efficient and less polluting — a perspective that has been rapidly dispelled, particularly in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. “Moving people to cleaner vehicles by 2040 is welcome, but illegal pollution should be tackled as soon as possible,” tweeted ClientEarth, a campaign group that had taken the government to court demanding that it publish its plans to tackle air pollution, arguing that its current proposals did not meet legal requirements. The government is set to publish its wider Clean Air Strategy in 2018. IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to englishstf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to englishstf@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
