Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
El Nino developing: Rainfall in India may see 11-year low in 2026
El Niño conditions are developing in the equatorial Pacific ahead of India's Southwest Monsoon season (June–September 2026), with IMD assigning a 92% probabi...
Gujarat’s Banni grasslands: A heap of broken images, where the sun beats
A proposal to establish a large solar energy installation within the Banni grassland ecosystem of Kachchh district, Gujarat, has sparked conservation concern...
Adivasis demand halt to tiger safari push, evictions in south India forests
Indigenous communities from Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu — whose ancestral homelands straddle forests shared across state boundaries — convened at Nagar...
Global temperatures likely to remain near record high levels until 2030, says WMO report
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a near-term climate outlook on May 28, 2026, projecting that global temperatures will continue at or nea...
Global temperatures to reach near-record highs in next five years, report finds
Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026–2030 are predicted to range between 1.3°C and 1.9°C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial average, acco...
India's energy investment to hit $170 billion in 2026 on solar, grid and refining push: International Energy Agency
India's total energy investment is projected to reach a record $170 billion in 2026, according to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Investment 2...
How much ethanol can your car handle? You may get to choose soon at a fuel station
The government has directed public sector oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), and Hindustan Petrole...
Air pollution cut India’s solar power output by 9.6% in 2023, study says
A recent scientific study found that air pollution reduced India's solar power output by 9.6% in 2023, making India's loss one of the highest in the world, w...
New coal mine cleared in ‘high conservation zone’ Hasdeo forest
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recommended forest clearance for the Kente Extension ...
Tariffs to carbon, the new rules shaping India’s trade
From 1 January 2026, the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its full enforcement phase, requiring importers to purchase CBAM ...
Supreme Court constitutes panel under Home Secretary to draw up action plan to clean Yamuna
The Supreme Court constituted a high-powered committee chaired by the Union Home Secretary, directing it to prepare a comprehensive Yamuna Action Plan within...
Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal Affairs
A formal letter was sent to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs flagging what was described as "flagrant violations" of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in the e...
North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea military says
North Korea fired a close-range ballistic missile from Jongju (a city near its west coast) into the sea, along with additional weapons systems including mult...
Supreme Court to examine if law is diluting India’s wetland count
A bench of the Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 — notified under the Environment (Protectio...
Quad expands critical minerals, maritime cooperation amid China’s growing Indo-Pacific posturing
At the 11th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, the grouping formally launched two major new initiatives: the Quad Critical Minerals Framework and ...
Watch: Is biogas the next big fuel?
The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis — triggered by the US-Iran conflict — has disrupted approximately 50% of India's crude oil and most of its LPG supply that t...
Particulate matter pollution rose over 20% across Indo-Gangetic Plain in a decade, Himalayas affected
A peer-reviewed study spanning 25 years (2000–2024) has found that particulate matter (PM) pollution increased by more than 20% across the Indo-Gangetic Plai...
Centre releases insights from first national report on Nagoya Protocol
India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released key findings from the country's first national report on the Nagoya Protocol, su...
Supreme Court considers bigger public participation in defining Aravalli
The Supreme Court is considering expanding public participation in the process of defining the Aravalli Hills and Ranges, directing that the expert committee...
Development and tribal protection in Great Nicobar not mutually exclusive: Jual Oram
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has stated that development and tribal protection in Great Nicobar Island are not mutually exclusive, defending the ₹81,000 cr...