Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
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...
The green strategic partnership: India and Norway chart a sustainable future
An Indian Prime Minister visited Norway for the first time in over 40 years (since 1986), marking a major diplomatic milestone in India-Nordic engagement. In...
Ex-bureaucrats write to CJI over remarks on green litigants
On 22 May 2026, a group of 71 retired civil servants — constituting the Constitutional Conduct Group — addressed an open letter to the Chief Justice of India...
After Sidra demolitions row, J&K minister tells forest officials: ‘First understand the law’
A joint team of the Forest Department and police demolished 32 structures at Raika Bandi in Sidhra (Jammu), displacing more than two dozen Gujjar and Bakarwa...
Project Cheetah about correcting historical wrong committed by humanity, says Bhupender Yadav
Project Cheetah is framed by wildlife officials and conservationists as an attempt to correct a historical wrong — the extinction of the cheetah in India, a ...
El Nino threat: Centre rolls out kharif contingency plan to shield crops
The Union Agriculture Ministry has directed state governments to activate district-level crop contingency plans to protect kharif output against an emerging ...
Strengthening India’s Greenhouse Gas inventory Systems: Three-Day Workshop held at CSIR-IIP in Collaboration with MoEFCC
A three-day national workshop on strengthening India's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory systems was held at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehr...