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China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s biggest electric car seller

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:09:22 +0000

Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidies

China’s BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s largest electric carmaker in 2025, after the US company run by Elon Musk reported a slump in deliveries at the end of the year.

BYD sold 2.26m battery electric cars during the year, easily outstripping the 1.63m deliveries reported on Friday by Tesla for the same period.

Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:27:00 +0000

Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project

Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer is taking the Trump administration to court over its decision to suspend work on a $5bn project on the north-east US coast.

2025 was UK’s hottest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:36:54 +0000

Mean temperature for year was 10.09C, surpassing 2022 record, and 1,648.5 hours of sunshine were recorded

2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest year on record, the Met Office has confirmed.

The UK’s three hottest years on record have now all been in this decade, which meteorologists say is proof of a rapidly changing climate. All of the top 10 warmest years have happened in the past two decades.

2025 was a big year for climate in the US courts - these were the wins and losses

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:30:08 +0000

Americans are increasingly turning to courts to hold big oil accountable. Here are major trends that emerged last year

As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels, Americans are increasingly turning to courts to hold big oil accountable for alleged climate deception. That wave of litigation swelled in 2025, with groundbreaking cases filed and wins notched.

But the year also brought setbacks, as Trump attacked the cases and big oil worked to have them thrown out. The industry also worked to secure a shield from current and future climate lawsuits.

Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:00:09 +0000

Bird organisations say more research on the species needed to control impact on other wildlife

In the past 20 years, the soundscape in the ancient wild, rolling landscape of Richmond Park has been transformed. Once you would have heard the chirrup of the stonechat, the chirp of the greater spotted woodpecker or the song of the skylark. Today, the auditory power of one bird dominates.

What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:00:06 +0000

A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facing herds across Asia

Khao Tom, a two-month-old elephant, plays with a wildlife officer, nudging his face and curling her trunk around his wrist. When she lifts her trunk in the air, signalling that she is hungry, the team at the rescue centre seems relieved – she has not been eating well. A vet prepares a pint-sized bottle of formula, which she gulps down impatiently.

Week in wildlife: a hide-and-seek squirrel and an otter in a Christmas tree

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:00:05 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain | Kirsty Major

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:02 +0000

Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighbours’ lives upside-down

Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:00:02 +0000

Exclusive: Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills

Ministers are poised to allow homes in England to be built without carbon-cutting technology in what experts have said is a climbdown after pressure from housebuilders.

Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:00:03 +0000

New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies

Daisies and dandelions are among hundreds of native plant species blooming in the UK, in what scientists have called a “visible signal” of climate breakdown disrupting the natural world.