Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
El Niño threat: South Asia braces for below-average monsoon in 2026, says climate forum
The 34th Session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-34), held on 28 April 2026 in Malé, Maldives, issued a seasonal monsoon forecast predicting...
India to host first Big Cat Summit in June
India will host the inaugural summit of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) in New Delhi on June 1–2, 2026, with representatives from 95 countries expe...
Why industrial heat pumps are a ‘clean heat’ opportunity for India
Industry accounts for nearly half of India's final energy consumption as of 2025, with a large share still dependent on fossil fuels for process heat — makin...
As warming and deforestation intensify, the Amazon could begin driving its own collapse, study warns
A study published in Nature (May 2026) by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research warns that the Amazon rainforest could approach ecological collap...
Nuclear fuel company Clean Core concludes thorium fuel irradiation, reports high ‘burnup’
Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE), a US-based nuclear fuel company, has successfully concluded the irradiation campaign of its patented ANEEL (Advanced Nuclea...
Building bridges: On India’s solar generation, battery storage
India's installed solar capacity crossed 150 GW as of March 2026, making it the third-largest solar power producer globally, after China and the United State...
61% chance of El Nino emerging before July, says US’ Climate Prediction Center
The US Climate Prediction Center (CPC), operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), forecast a 61% probability of El Niño conditi...
How Forest Rights Act was reaffirmed by Allahabad HC order | Explained
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court set aside a March 2021 order of the District Level Committee (DLC) that had rejected forest rights claims of th...
Centre plans 3.25 mn ha shift to chemical-free farming by FY31
The department of expenditure, in coordination with the agriculture ministry, is drafting a proposal to expand chemical-free farming to 3.25 million hectares...
Rs 51,000 crore worth of materials in India’s e-waste, most slips through the system
India generated 6.2 million tonnes of e-waste in FY2024, but only 10% entered formal recycling channels, leaving the vast majority of the Rs 51,000 crore ($6...
MRAI asks for dedicated ministry for recycling
The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) called for the establishment of a central nodal ministry dedicated to the recycling sector, at the Paryava...
Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
The NASA-ISRO joint satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) has produced detailed maps showing Mexico City and its surroundings are subsiding by...
Warming waters, falling yields: Climate change and the future of India’s shrimp industry
Emerging assessments of India's shrimp aquaculture sector indicate that climate change is shifting the primary measure of industry sustainability from output...
Ramagundam integrated coal mine project with 315 MT reserves gets green nod
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) granted environmental clearance to the Ramagundam Integrated Coal Mine Project, operated by t...
Cabinet to soon approve ₹37,500 crore incentive scheme to promote coal gasification projects
The Ministry of Coal has prepared a Cabinet note proposing a financial incentive scheme with a total outlay of ₹37,500 crore to promote surface coal and lign...
Will the West Asia war accelerate the age of electricity? Explained in charts
The ongoing US-Iran conflict and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz have triggered an oil price surge from approximately USD 69 per barrel in Febr...
Discuss and debate the Great Nicobar Project in Parliament: Congress
Parliamentary scrutiny has intensified over the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, with demands for a dedicated parliamentary forum or committee debat...
Great Nicobar project concerns must be debated in parliamentary forum; govt rattled by Rahul Gandhi's visit: Congress
Parliamentary calls have been raised for a formal legislative forum to examine the environmental, tribal rights, and strategic governance aspects of the Grea...
NGT order warns of fines to southern States if clean air funds are not utilised
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has warned all six southern states — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Puducherry — of potentia...
India’s green energy sector may be hit by power regulator’s stricter performance standards
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued new orders tightening deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) norms for wind and solar power gen...