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Elon Musk’s Tesla has received almost £200m in UK grants since 2016

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:17:41 +0000

Bulk of funds for electric vehicle firm relate to government’s plug-in car grant, analysis finds

Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company has received almost £200m in grants from the UK government since 2016, according to analysis.

Tesla, which is run by the tech billionaire who has become increasingly vocal about the UK government, has received £191m from Westminster through grants, according to Tussell, which analyses public contract data.

Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Trump inauguration

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:00:32 +0000

Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts

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The six biggest banks in the US have all quit the global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group, with the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as president expected to bring political backlash against climate action.

Malawi sees influx of refugees from post-election violence in Mozambique

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:02:59 +0000

Marauding gangs and political unrest since October’s polls have driven thousands of Mozambicans across the border into Malawi, despite its drought, food and fuel shortages

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Manase Madia, 50, shows his Mozambican identity card. Once a sign of pride, he does not know what to believe in any more. Over the past few weeks he has seen houses being burned down, and shops and businesses looted, including his own. He now fears for his family, which has scattered in fear.

Want to sponsor a piece of ocean paradise? How one Pacific island’s novel response to rising seas is paying off

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:00:06 +0000

The tiny nation of Niue has raised £3m selling sponsorship of its marine protected area at just over £100 for a square kilometre

Look at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of slime moulds | Lucy Jones

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:00:06 +0000

These tiny organisms matter. They have been used to map dark matter and improve transport networks, and they’re living all around us

Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 07:32:57 +0000

Hadi Nazari, 23, found after going missing two weeks ago, discovered two muesli bars at a hut while lost, police say

Birdwatch: an unlikely encounter with the least sandpiper in Somerset

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:00:03 +0000

Diminutive bird breeds in Alaska and Arctic Canada and sightings in Britain are rare enough to attract a crowd

If you’d asked me which rare bird I might see in Somerset in early January, the least sandpiper would have been very low on my list. Yet on a fine, bright, chilly morning here it was: running along the edge of the water like a clockwork toy, probing the mud for food with its stubby bill.

Labour hopes ‘new deal for farmers’ can reset relationship with industry

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:00:02 +0000

Steve Reed to announce focus on making farming ‘more profitable and sustainable’ at Oxford Farming Conference

The government is aiming to reset its relationship with farmers with what it describes as a “new deal” for the industry.

Farmers have protested in their tens of thousands after controversial changes were made to agricultural inheritance tax and the EU-derived subsidy scheme.

Fire reaches Getty Villa museum grounds in California, but structures not burned

admin — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 03:11:07 +0000

Fueled by major windstorm, Pacific Palisades fire touches museum site but officials say collection safe

Biden designates two new national monuments after advocacy from tribes

admin — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:24:43 +0000

Chuckwalla and Sáttítla monuments in California will be safeguarded against extraction and energy development

Joe Biden will designate two new national monuments in California in his last days in office, after tribes and environment groups asked him to take urgent action.

The designation of the Chuckwalla monument in southern California and the Sáttítla monument in the far north of the state will place 840,000 acres (339,935 hectares) of land under protection, shielding it from extraction and energy development.