Plug-in car grant ‘to treble Britain’s green car numbers’

The extension of the government’s ongoing plug-in cars grant aims to ensure three times the number of sustainable vehicles will be taking to the nation’s roads by the end of the decade. Originally set to end in February next year,…




December Cool Earth Gallery

Here are some of the latest images from Cool Earths fantastic work in the rainforest. All made possible through your donations!




UK commits to zero-emission transport by 2050

As part of the pledge made by prime minister David Cameron at this month's international climate change conference in Paris, the UK has issued a commitment to delivering zero emissions from almost all cars and vans on the nation's roads…




‘COP’ a load of this

  You’ll hear a lot about COP21 over the next couple of weeks. It’s a meeting of 40,000 delegates from 196 nation states to discuss a global treaty about climate change and what each of the nations ought to be…




El Nino and the rainforest

The monster El Nino in the Pacific is inflicting a severe drought on Papua New Guinea and elsewhere in the Pacific and beyond. It’s affecting about 2.5 million people in Papua New Guinea alone. Forecasters worry that the weather could…