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Elon Musk’s Tesla has been overtaken by its Chinese rival, BYD, as the world’s top selling electric carmaker.
BYD, which has been backed by the US investment billionaire Warren Buffett since 2008, has beaten Tesla’s production for a second consecutive year.
Continue reading...UK weather: 2023 was second warmest year on record, says Met Office
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Climate crisis: 2023 was UK’s second-hottest year on record
Such a warm year would have occurred once in 500 years without global heating, Met Office scientists say
The UK had its second-hottest year on record in 2023, according to provisional data from the Met Office, as the climate crisis continued to deliver elevated temperatures.
Such a warm year would have occurred only once in 500 years without human-caused global heating, the scientists said. The heat peaked in June and September, both record hot months in a series dating back to 1884. The UK’s 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2003.
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‘You can be happy in prison’: climate protester reflects on punishment
Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker received the longest sentences given to non-violent protesters in UK
Last year, Morgan Trowland was one of two Just Stop Oil protesters sentenced to more than two and a half years in prison for scaling the Dartford crossing.
The sentences handed down to Trowland and Marcus Decker are the longest sentences yet given to non-violent protesters in the UK. Now, after his release on licence last month, Trowland says the 13 months he spent behind bars hardly felt like punishment at all.
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Blue groper: man fined $500 for killing protected fish in Sydney
Cronulla residents believe speared fish may have been ‘Gus’, a 35- to 40-year-old blue groper known to swimmers and divers in the area
A man has been fined $500 for spearing a protected fish species in Sydney over the weekend.
NSW police have confirmed officers spoke to a 26-year-old man on Saturday following reports a blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) was speared and killed at Oak Park in Cronulla.
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