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**Green tech powers China’s economic boom**
– Electric vehicles (EVs), solar power, and other green technologies significantly boosted China’s economic growth in 2025.
– An analysis by Carbon Brief found clean energy sectors drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth and 90% of increased investment.
– The clean tech industry brought in business worth 15.4 trillion yuan (£1.6 trillion), comparable to Brazil’s entire GDP.
– The sector doubled in real value over three years (up to 2025), making it the eighth-largest economy if regarded as a standalone country.
– EVs and batteries accounted for half the growth; over half of all cars sold in China are now electric vehicles.
– Wind and solar energy rollout accelerated domestically, outpacing export markets.
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**US courts overturned Trump’s stop-work order on windfarms**
– Federal judges blocked the Trump administration’s stop-work order on multiple windfarm projects off New York’s coast.
– This ruling resumes construction for the Ørsted Sunrise project off Long Island, 45% complete and expected online by October.
– The courts have overturned all wind projects halted in December on “national security” grounds.
– Ørsted pledged to restart impacted activities immediately.
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**Phone-free schools moved a step closer in the UK**
– The UK House of Lords supported a plan to ban smartphones during school hours.
– Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson advised phone-free policies during all school time (including breaks), though not yet legally binding.
– A Conservative amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill passed in the Lords (178 to 140), proposing a blanket smartphone ban in English schools.
– The bill now returns to the House of Commons.
– This move follows studies showing phone bans in classrooms correlate with better academic outcomes.
– Shadow Education Minister Baroness Diana Barran emphasized the need to improve children’s relationships with smartphones and social media, citing negative effects on learning, concentration, and sleep.
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