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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 29, 2025)

India, Dec. 30 -- NGT flags repeated violations of environmental norms by the NOIDA Authority, with poor recovery of imposed compensation UPPCB assures regular monitoring and recalculation of environ... Read More


Young, angry, and betrayed

India, Dec. 30 -- In 2024, when the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released "Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing," it warned of an emerging cris... Read More


Centre readies PM-KUSUM 2.0 as focus shifts to feeder-level solarisation

India, Dec. 30 -- In the lead up to the union budget 2026-27, the Union government is preparing to roll out PM-KUSUM 2.0, a successor to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan ... Read More


Energy storage, offshore wind now central to Tamil Nadu's clean power future

India, Dec. 30 -- Tamil Nadu is entering a critical phase in its clean energy transition, as rising electricity demand tests the state's grid, storage and evacuation capacity Once India's wind power ... Read More


Heatwaves were the deadliest climate disasters in 2025, hitting poorest hardest, WWA finds

India, Dec. 30 -- Heatwaves were the deadliest climate disasters of 2025, killing more people than floods, storms or wildfires, a new scientific report finds Poor and marginalised communities were hi... Read More


Biophobia: why some people hate nature - and what you can do about it

India, Dec. 30 -- Biophobia, a fear or aversion to nature, is increasingly prevalent, affecting individuals' ability to enjoy the health benefits of natural environments. Research highlights multiple... Read More


Clouds are vital to life - but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here's how to see the changes above us

India, Dec. 30 -- Scientists are observing a steady global decline in Earth's most reflective cloud cover Fewer clouds mean more heat trapped, intensifying climate change without dramatic headlines ... Read More


Institutional expertise meets judicial confusion in the Aravalli hills definition case

India, Dec. 30 -- The Supreme Court's now-stayed definition of the Aravalli Range relies on a 100-metre height threshold that could exclude most of the landscape. Scientists and environmental groups ... Read More


Glacier disappearance projected to peak mid-century

India, Dec. 29 -- A study has projected a sharp rise in the number of glaciers disappearing worldwide, peaking between 2014 and 2055 with up to 4,000 glaciers vanishing annually depending on the level... Read More


Once driven by crop failure and migration, Betul's villages are reclaiming agriculture through farmer-led natural farming

India, Dec. 29 -- In Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, farmer-led natural farming is reversing crop loss, soil degradation, and distress migration. The Saigohan watershed shows how farmer-centric prog... Read More