Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008 – Telegraph

Bull elephant Noppakhao paints a picture of another elephant in Ayutthaya province, Thailand

The elephant paints better than me!

Germany ‘is world’s greenest country’ – Telegraph

Germany has been labelled the world’s greenest country after it cut its energy use by more than any other state in 2007.

The report emerged as the German government passed a new round of environmental laws designed to ensure the country meets ambitious carbon dioxide reduction targets.