What happened this week

China’s emissions DROP. “What-About-Ery” crippled.

Huh? The denialist yell of “we needn’t do anything… wud-about China“ took a thump this week: China’s emissions fell in 2025
Big news? The biggest 🥳 
Read more: Carbon Brief

Trump trumped: US only built clean power in 2025

Donald got something wrong? 96% of new US power systems were renewable or battery in 2025.
Doesn’t he ❤️ coal? Sure. But more coal plants closed during Trump than any other President…
He’ll go crazy, right? Right. He’s ordered the US military to buy more coal 🤪
Read more: Canary Media on why US going clean is inevitable

BYD now sells more cars than… FORD 🤯

What happened: Well, China happened.
Didn’t see that coming! Neither did Ford: 5 years ago they made 5x BYD.
What’s the fail? BYD does nice clean EVs. Ford does big smelly trucks, and doubling down.
Read more: CarScoops

One thing to worry about

As regular readers know, warming is accelerating.

This week the Washington Post noticed.

One thing to be optimistic about

Shipping companies are building low carbon fleets despite rules being delayed.

They know which way the wind is blowing.

🥁🥁🥁

If you’ve got more time…

Depressing start to 2026 in the UK? Yes- it’s rained every day this year.
Isn’t that normal? Hey. No. Well, a NEW normal: warmer air, more water.
Elsewhere? A Spanish town saw 1 year of rain in 20 days 
Give me some irony: The Winter Olympics required 1.6m tonnes of fake snow 🤦‍♂️