CO2 based Tax
Many OECD member countries are now applying some form of CO2-related tax rate differentiation in their taxes on either the PURCHASE or the USE of motor vehicles. There is also… Read More »CO2 based Tax
Many OECD member countries are now applying some form of CO2-related tax rate differentiation in their taxes on either the PURCHASE or the USE of motor vehicles. There is also… Read More »CO2 based Tax
Sri Lanka authorities work on several fronts preparing the country for electrifying its mobility. Several government agencies including the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Transport are working towards… Read More »EV Transition LK
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clarifies several myths on EV s in an official website of the United States Government. This is more important as it comes from a… Read More »Electric Vehicle Myths
ඉඳහිට මතුවෙන, ආයිත් යටයන කතාබහක් තමයි, විමෝචන සහතිකය එහෙම නැත්නම් emission test එකේ තියන අඩුපාඩු, ඒක මුදල් ගසා කෑමක් ලෙස. එමෙන්ම emission test එක මුවාවෙන් විමෝචන ආයතන හිමියන් සහ ගරාජ්… Read More »වායු විමෝචන සහතික
Time is up for the internal combustion engine. Even the European Commission has acknowledged that the new emission standards will be the last rules for conventional vehicles before moving to zero-and low emission alternatives so that we can ensure a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic and tackle the climate crisis effectively.
Upcoming Euro 7 regulations will cause a natural death to internal combustion engines, as early as 2025, manufacturers fear.
නිශ්චිත ක්රියාමාර්ගයකින් තොරවයි මෑතදී වායු දූෂණය පහත වැටුනේ, ඉතින් ඇතැමුන්ට ඒකෙ වැඩි අගයකුත් නැහැ. ලොක් ඩවුන් වලින් පිරිසිදු වුන නගර ඒ අන්දමින් පවත්වාගැනීම ඉබේම වෙන්නේ නැහැ. වසංගතයට ප්රතිචාරය වුන ලොක්ඩවුන්… Read More »කොවිඩ් වාසිය ගමු
කොළඹ වායුවේ අංශු පදාර්ථ PM 2.5 ප්රමාණය අද එනම් 2020 අප්රියෙල් 5 දින හවස 17 ට අඩුවුනා. අහසත් දහවල් නිල්පාටයි. මේ දර්ශකය මේ වගේ නව ගුණයක් එනම් PM 2.5 අගය… Read More »හුස්ම සමග එන ලෙඩ
Urgent health challenges for the next decade! WHO released (2020) a list of 13 urgent, global health challenges. Ironically Air Pollution is #1. The list, developed with input from experts around… Read More »Air pollution kills 7M a year!
කොළඹ කුණු කොළඹ වාසීන්ගේ පමණක් නොවේ. කොළඹ වාසීන් කොළඹ කුණුවලට අකමැතිය. පුත්තලම් වාසීන්ද අකමැතිය. අනෙකුත් නගර වාසීන්ද එසේමය. කුණුවලින් භාගයක් අඩු කිරීම ඉතා පහසුය. වැඩිපුර බෙදා ගෙන ඉවත දමන කෑම… Read More »ආණ්ඩුවේ කුණු සහ අපේ කුණු
If during 1983-2009, the economic cost of the war was astronomical and reduced economic growth, productivity and development, traffic congestion in urban centers in Sri Lanka is the next big killer of the economy and needs to be addressed by policy planners. The more vehicles on the roads (cars, three-wheelers and motorcycles and not buses), the bigger the impact on the economy! Increased, affordable and comfortable public transport is the only answer to the traffic chaos in the city.
Sri Lanka can do a lot @ a fraction of the cost! Provided the heat, emissions and dust managed well…by way of tree shaded cycling paths, showers at offices, promoting… Read More »Let’s Cycle to Work!