Thai floods disrupt factories, capital still at risk, PM says
Channel News Asiaby CNA·15d ago
Thai floods disrupt factories, capital still at risk, PM says Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Bangkok, its metropolitan area and Thailand's central region were still at risk from...
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
World news | The Guardianby Matthew Taylor·15d ago
UK banks are Europe’s biggest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing billions of pounds in funding for the climate-wrecking fossil fuel in the past four years, according to a...
Gene-silencing technology to protect forests from invasive pests
Phys.orgby Blake Jackson·15d ago
Gene-silencing technology to protect forests from invasive pests A University of Kentucky forest entomologist is advancing a pest-control approach designed to target destructive forest beetles...
Supreme Court weighs in favour of conditional relaxation on next-gen joined green crackers ahead of festive season
The Hinduby Krishnadas Rajagopal·15d ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) accepted suggestions by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) for...
Why Kashmir's saffron farms are under siege
Down To Earthby Bhagirath·15d ago
Saffron farmers in Kashmir’s Pampore tehsil say rats attracted by a nearby landfill are destroying the underground corms of their prized crop.
Regenerative agriculture: A lifeline for smallholders?
Down To Earthby DTE Staff·15d ago
The world's 475 million small farms produce about 30% of global food, but face growing pressure from climate change, land scarcity and declining agricultural employment.
California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Environment | The Guardianby Gabrielle Canon in San Francisco·15d ago
Communities across California are rushing to prepare for the imminent arrival of the so-called “Kelvin wave”, a massive underwater band of warm water threatening to inundate swaths of the vast...
Cabinet approves ₹1.86 lakh crore Green Energy Corridor to evacuate 135GW renewable energy
The Hinduby PTI·15d ago
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) approved the 'Green Energy Corridor Phase-III' scheme with an outlay of ₹1.86 lakh crore to set up an intra-state transmission system with...
Gandak floods Bihar’s West Champaran as three embankments breach, creates panic among residents
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·15d ago
After heavy rains in catchment areas in Nepal, flood in Gandak river, known as Narayani in Nepal, breached at least three embankments in last two-days in West Champaran district of Bihar on...
Earth's vital signs are flashing red, scientists warn
Mail Onlineby Xantha Leatham·15d ago
Earth's life support systems are failing, scientists have warned – as seven out of nine planetary boundaries have now been breached.
Delhi had only one ‘Good’ air day in 92 days, despite 576.9 mm of rainfall: CSE analysis
Down To Earthby DTE Staff·15d ago
The national capital recorded only one ‘Good’ air day despite receiving plentiful rainfall this monsoon, an assessment of summer (April-May 2026) and monsoon months (June-August 2026) this year by...
The Sunita Narain Show: What led to the Himalayan tragedy in Nepal?
Down To Earthby DTE Staff·15d ago
The Sunita Narain Show: What led to the Himalayan tragedy in Nepal? The scream is a painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch; it is vivid; powerful showing a person screaming – seemingly into...
India Clears Rs 1.86 Lakh Crore Green Energy Corridor-III To Evacuate 135 GW Renewables, Deploy 50 GWh Battery Energy Storage Systems
Swarajyaby Swarajya Staff·15d ago
The Union Cabinet today (30 September) approved the Green Energy Corridor Phase-III scheme, a Rs 1.86 lakh crore programme designed to strengthen India's intra-state transmission infrastructure and...
New toad species described in northeast mountain tops
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon·15d ago
A May 2026 study describes a new species of toad (Duttaphyrnus phawngpui sp. nov.) from Phawngpui National Park, located in southeastern Mizoram along the border with Myanmar.
The visiting grassland gardeners
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar·15d ago
Flying thousands of kilometres circumventing the mighty Himalayas, harriers arrive in India’s grasslands around July every year, when winter sets in across their breeding grounds in Central Asia...
Dezeen's top five houses of September 2026
Architecture news and projects | Dezeenby Amy Peacock·15d ago
A monolithic grey-brick home in Northern Ireland and a skinny house in Kyoto are among the most popular houses featured on Dezeen this month.
Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows
The Guardianby Maya Yang·15d ago
For many vertebrates, insects are more than a food source. As “little things that run the world”, insects provide critical functions such as protection, sanitation and shelter across ecosystems...
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
The Guardianby Karen McVeigh·15d ago
Inside a bothy overlooking the Summer Isles, in the north-west of Scotland, the lilting tones of a traditional Gaelic duo fill a room full of musicians, storytellers, artists, local people and...
Protecting the status quo: How CAFE III norms undercut India’s EV ambitions
Down To Earthby Anumita Roychowdhury·15d ago
India's new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE III) norms will apply to passenger vehicles from April 1, 2027, to March 31, 2032.
Are YOU guilty of these 9 recycling mistakes?
Mail Onlineby Maanya Sachdeva·15d ago
Do crisp packets belong in the recycling bin? Should you be washing your yoghurt tubs and milk bottles before binning them? And what's the safest way to get rid of lithium battery-powered vapes?
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