Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
40 police personnel among 60 injured as protests break out over bauxite mining project in Odisha
Violent clashes broke out at Shagabari village in Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, when tribal villagers attempted to block construction of a three...
Uttarakhand HC stays felling of oak trees in Mussoorie: Why these matter for Himalayan ecology
The Uttarakhand High Court issued an interim order restraining the Mussoorie Municipality from felling any trees without prior mandatory permission from the ...
EV sales surge 25% to 24.52 lakh units in FY26
India's total electric vehicle (EV) retail sales across all segments surged approximately 24.6–25% year-on-year to around 24.52 lakh units in FY2025-26. Elec...
Shorebird from Australia spotted over 7,400 km away on island in Andamans: Expert
A tagged Sanderling (a shorebird) photographed on Narcondam Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago has been confirmed to have flown 7,472 km from its ...
Up to 15% of Sundarbans losing ability to recover from climate stress over 25 years, research shows
New research published in 2026 in Communications Earth & Environment reveals that 10–15% of the Sundarbans mangrove area (approximately 610–990 km²) is under...
India’s Green Pathway
A detailed analysis examines India's green energy transition — the trajectory of solar, wind, and green hydrogen development, the targets set under national ...
Living with oil risk in 2026: Why India and the Global South need fossil-fuel intensity metric
Amid the ongoing West Asia conflict and crude oil prices crossing $115/barrel in March 2026, analysts have argued that the existing framework for measuring e...
Centre proposes rules to manage environmentally hazardous tar balls, space tech to be used for surveillance and detection of oil-spills
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed the draft Tar Balls Management Rules, 2026, marking the first time India will ha...
Jammu & Kashmir has lost 315 lakes since 1967
A CAG Performance Audit found that 315 out of 697 identified lakes in Jammu & Kashmir have completely disappeared since 1967, while 518 lakes in total have e...
Polluter pays principle: Centre proposes first-ever tar balls management rules to tackle marine pollution
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) proposed India's first-ever draft Tar Balls Management Rules, 2026, to tackle oil-derived mar...
Climate change reshaping disease patterns, straining health systems, finds report
A new report finds that extreme weather events in India are increasing in frequency and intensity, creating both immediate and long-term public health risks....
Elastic rules: On the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026
The Government of India notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing mandatory use of recycled plastic content in packaging by ...
Toothless ban: Single-use plastic rules 84% of surveyed sites in four cities
A study by Toxics Link, a New Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy organisation, surveyed 560 locations across Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Guwahati, and M...
Experts slam India’s colonial mindset in tiger protection policy
Wildlife conservation experts have sharply criticised India's tiger protection policy for perpetuating a "colonial mindset" — one that treats forests as excl...
Natural farming offers hedge against fertiliser supply risks for Kharif 2026
Analysts and agricultural policy experts are arguing that natural farming provides a practical hedge against fertiliser supply disruptions threatening India'...
Centre’s claim of no displacement of tribals a lie: Congress on Great Nicobar project
Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, challenged the Centre's claim that the Rs 81,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Development Project would not displace...
Treat Western Ghats to coast as one ecosystem, says policy document
A coalition of environmental organisations released "From Forest to Sea: Kerala People's Environmental Charter" on March 11, 2026, in Thiruvananthapuram, urg...
From ethanol to bio-isobutanol: India’s next leap
India is exploring isobutanol as the next frontier in biofuel blending after experiments with direct ethanol-diesel blending proved unsuccessful due to poor ...
India keeps plastic waste targets intact, but eases path to compliance
India has amended its plastic waste management rules to introduce new compliance flexibility provisions while retaining the core Extended Producer Responsibi...
Climate change strikes North India’s ‘mango hub’ as Malihabad’s orchards lie desolate and farmers suffer from declining yields, rising costs
Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh, India's premier mango-growing belt accounting for roughly 34% of national mango production across approximately 11,500 hectares, ...