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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 22, 2026)

India, May 26 -- The NGT upheld the decision to construct and widen the 16-km Asharam Tiraha-Ratnagiri Tiraha Ayodhya Bypass project in Bhopal, subject to compliance with environmental and tree protec... Read More


Arunachal has potential to become leading example of managing human-elephant coexistence: Report

India, May 26 -- Arunachal Pradesh has the potential to become a leading example of managing human-elephant coexistence in complex and rapidly changing landscapes, a new joint report prepared by the s... Read More


India's AC boom could push power grid towards shortages by 2028 unless efficiency gains double, study warns

India, May 26 -- India could face power shortages within the next decade as rising air-conditioner use pushes cooling demand beyond the grid's capacity, a new working paper warns. Room ACs already ac... Read More


Bihar and West Bengal at centre of expanding pollution hotspot driven by biomass burning, 25-year study finds

India, May 26 -- A 25-year satellite study has identified Bihar and West Bengal as major particulate pollution hotspots in eastern India. The study found that particulate matter pollution rose by mor... Read More


A new mathematical model predicts the world's human population will crash by 2064 if global environmental crises intensify

India, May 26 -- The global population could halve as early as 2064 if global environmental crises intensify, a physicist at the University of Milan in Italy has hypothesised. Alessio Zaccone's paper... Read More


Shifting from fossil fuels will fail without funding for African industry and energy infrastructure

India, May 26 -- Moving to renewable energy will fail unless wealthy nations help finance cleaner energy systems, industrialisation and local mineral processing across the African continent. This was ... Read More


Power Demand Tracker: On May 25, 2026, India's peak rose to 268 GW during solar hours at 3:26 pm

India, May 26 -- On May 25, 2026, India's peak power demand rose to 268 GW during solar hours at 3:26 pm. The source mix is as follows: 1. Peak demand during solar hours: 268 GW 2. Peak demand duri... Read More


In Europe, forests may still be standing, but climate change is making it harder for them to reproduce

India, May 26 -- A 34-year study has found that viable seed production in five major European forest tree species has fallen by more than 30%. Researchers said warmer summers were consistently linked... Read More


Climate change is causing rural Bhutan to empty: Study

India, May 25 -- Climate change is increasingly forcing people to leave rural areas in Bhutan, leading to what researchers describe as the "emptying" of villages, according to a new study the Universi... Read More


79th World Health Assembly pushes for stronger global action on antimicrobial resistance

India, May 25 -- The 79th World Health Assembly has adopted the updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance for 2026-2036. Member States called for stronger financing, surveillance, infect... Read More