Volvo Cars has announced it is setting up an ambitious new target that will see the manufacturer aim to deliver upwards of one million electric vehicles (EVs) to UK buyers by the middle of the next decade. The company plans…
Record high for UK EV registrations
The Department for Transport's ongoing Go Ultra Low campaign has published new data highlighting recorded uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) across the UK. Figures released by the body showed that during the first three months of the year, EV registration…
Mud, mud, glorious mud
You might associate energy poverty with British households who can’t afford to heat their homes. But it is also one of the biggest contributors to the loss of rainforest in the Congo. That’s because 95% of the Democratic Republic of…
SHELL UNVEILS ULTRA ENERGY EFFICIENT CAR
Shell has unveiled a new concept city car which, if it were to go into production, could deliver meaningful reductions in energy use in the road transport sector. This three seater motor car is tangible proof of energy efficiency improvements that can be…
Biodiversity monitoring projects in Peru and Papua New Guinea
This month the Cool Earth projects team returned from trips to Papua New Guinea and Peru. The main purpose of both trips this time was to begin biodiversity monitoring projects with their partner communities. Cool Earth held workshops with children…