Georgia Forestry Commission orders mandatory burn ban across 91 counties
→Prescribed-burn operators must halt open burns across 91 Georgia counties
Climate & Environment
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Karnataka levies lifetime road tax on electric cars, jeeps and buses
→Fleet procurement teams must include lifetime road tax in EV purchase cost
Argentina transfers glacier protection authority to provinces
→Provincial permitting teams can approve mining in glacier regions
India restricts wood briquette exports, makes them licence-only
→Wood-briquette exporters must obtain DGFT licences before shipment
India sanctions Rs 758 crore to widen 22-km 'Tiger Corridor' to 4 lanes
→National highway contractors must bid and mobilise for the NH‑46 Itarsi‑Betul upgrade
US Endangered Species Committee waives Endangered Species Act for Gulf of Mexico drilling
→Offshore drilling operators cleared to operate without ESA restrictions
UK mandates separate household collections for food, paper, dry recyclables and residual waste
→Local waste collection teams must run separate food, paper and dry recycling rounds
Maryland's Court of Appeals nixes municipal climate tort claims
→Municipal legal teams cannot pursue state-law climate tort claims against oil companies
Turkey bans pouring used vegetable oil into sinks
→Turkey banned pouring household vegetable waste oils into sinks, sewers, soil and the sea and required municipalities and retail sales points to collect sealed used-oil containers and deliver them to licensed biorefineries for biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel production.
Valero shuts Port Arthur refinery after fluid-release blast and fire
→Port Arthur refinery operations must halt unit processing until restart is set
UK's DEFRA mandates 7% of England land for nature and renewables
→Local planning authorities must apply a 'default yes' to housing near train stations
Welsh Parliament bans greyhound racing
→Race-track operators in Wales must end greyhound racing by April 2027–April 2030