Sir, Zum Artikel ‘Europaabgeordnete stimmen für Begrenzung Industriebedingter Verschmutzung‘: Ich bin sehr erfreut über die aktuelle Entwicklung und das persönliche Engagement von Herrn MdEP Krahmer (ALDE, Deutschland), Herrn MdEP Wijkman (EVP-ED, Schweden) und Herrn MdEP Turmes (Grüne, Luxemburg). Leider sind die Beschlüsse und das Papier auf dem diese stehen, die eine Seite. Die andere und [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘Google’s carbon footprint exposed‘: It was literally a tempest in a teapot. When a critic recently suggested that two searches on Google consumed as much energy as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, even many of us within the company were startled. Could this really be the case? Rather than consulting [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘Smarter grids crucial for delivery of EU climate goals‘: I’m an ex-power engineer (having designed and operated power networks) working in the area of renewables. I disagree on a fundamental level with the comments by GE’s Keith Redfearn concerning ‘Smart Grids’ and that renewables targets are too demanding for the existing transmission network. [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘Czech premier in Lisbon Treaty blunder‘: The fuss about Czech PMs partly failed attempt to make a joke is…a bit of a joke. OK, so PM Topolanek went “off-message” on 14 January by not delivering the expected watertight support for the party line, which is of course (!) that all leading EU politicians [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘UK Conservatives in the EPP-ED: Will they stay or go?‘: A couple of points: Your statement that I have “left the EPP to sit as an independent” is open to misinterpretation. I left the EPP’s group, but I continue as a full member of the Conservative delegation, and indeed have been re-selected to [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘Turkish intellectuals apologise for Armenian genocide‘: I am one of the people who signed that apology. As a human being, I felt sorry for the death of innocent people, women and children during forced emigration, though it was caused by the betrayal and attacks of Armenian marauders supported by Russian and England. This [...]

Sir, Regarding ‘EU-Croatia relations‘: “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity,” reads the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950. That solidarity has been the essence of European integration for over 50 years. Europe’s identity [...]