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More than 70 per cent of surveyed brick kilns in Delhi-NCR continued using coal during the 2025-26 season despite a Commission for Air Quality Management ban on coal use, according to a new report by …
15 Jun 2026
India's climate technology sector has drawn $12.8 billion in cumulative funding across 1,583 companies, with annual investment rising from $315 million in 2020 to $2.6 billion in 2025, according to a …
11 Jun 2026
The eastern bench of the National Green Tribunal directed on May 29, 2026 that the Odisha State Pollution Control Board be added as a respondent in a case challenging the environmental clearance grant…
5 Jun 2026
The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism took effect on January 1, 2026, creating a direct competitive disadvantage for Indian steel, aluminium and other covered exports and adding an e…
2 Jun 2026
The National Green Tribunal on May 20, 2026 upheld the decision to construct and widen the 16-kilometre Asharam Tiraha-Ratnagiri Tiraha Ayodhya Bypass project in Bhopal, subject to compliance with env…
26 May 2026
A resident of Devpara village in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district has issued a follow-up statutory notice to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, alleging that the Tata Chemicals Mithapur plant cont…
15 May 2026
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways published the draft Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2026 in the Gazette of India on April 27, 2026, codifying E100 ethanol and B100 biodiesel fuel…
3 May 2026
India's National Water Resources Council, chaired by the Prime Minister, last met in 2012 and has not convened since, leaving the Mihir Shah Committee's draft National Water Policy submitted in Octobe…
27 Apr 2026
The National Green Tribunal has ruled that the proposed Dwarka Sports Arena project in Delhi cannot claim deemed environmental clearance, stating that this provision applies only when all application …
23 Apr 2026
The National Green Tribunal received affidavit evidence on 9 April 2026 showing that sewerage coverage in Meerut reaches only 30 per cent of the urban area, while chromium levels at two of seven Jajma…
20 Apr 2026
The National Green Tribunal on 13 and 15 April 2026 constituted separate inspection committees for alleged industrial pollution violations in Ramgarh, Jharkhand and for enforcement of the new Solid Wa…
17 Apr 2026
The European Banking Authority published a proposed overhaul of its ESG supervisory reporting framework, introducing a proportionality-based three-tier structure and removing several EU Taxonomy-relat…
16 Apr 2026
Colombia's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development approved a euthanasia protocol on 13 April 2026 to manage the hippopotamus population descended from four animals brought to the country …
15 Apr 2026
The National Green Tribunal has found that several states and Union Territories have not implemented Central Pollution Control Board directions on retrofitting emission control devices in diesel gener…
13 Apr 2026
The Ministry of Steel issued a corrigendum on April 6, 2026 to its Green Steel Classification notification, allowing provisional extension of Green Steel Certificate validity until June of the followi…
11 Apr 2026
India's DGTR released preliminary findings in its anti-dumping probe into PET Film imports from China, Bangladesh, and Thailand, finding sufficient evidence of dumping and recommending provisional dut…
27 Mar 2026
The Union Cabinet has approved the Namo Drone Didi scheme with an outlay of Rs 1,261 crore for 2023–24 to 2025–26 to provide drones to women self-help groups for agricultural services including fertil…
26 Mar 2026
The European Commission approved a EUR 5 billion Danish state aid program to support construction of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1.8 GW under the new Clean Industrial Deal Stat…
23 Mar 2026
India's Solid Waste Management Rules notified in January 2026, set to take effect from April 1, create a structural accountability gap by distributing oversight, operational management and compliance …
17 Mar 2026
India's draft Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2026 proposes to eliminate area limits on mining leases, currently capped at 10 square kilometres per lessee for major minerals under Section 6 of the M…
9 Mar 2026
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published a draft notification on March 5, 2026 proposing amendments to the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 that would create tw…
9 Mar 2026
The National Green Tribunal's southern bench directed on February 25, 2026 that no construction, stabilisation or tourism activities may proceed on the grounded vessel MV MAA at Visakhapatnam until al…
3 Mar 2026
The National Green Tribunal directed on February 19, 2026 that all tourism activities on Lakshadweep islands, including tent city operations run by Praveg Limited on Bangaram Island, must be conducted…
2 Mar 2026
The European Commission has approved a €400 million Greek state aid scheme to support investments in cleantech manufacturing capacity, under the new Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework adopted i…
24 Feb 2026
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