Sir, Your analysis of the 2008 greenhouse gas emissions data released earlier this month (‘Draft emissions data bodes well for EU carbon market‘) is unfortunately overly optimistic. The provisional data issued last week by the European Commission reveals that the EU’s flagship climate policy – its emissions trading scheme – has in fact just narrowly [...]

Sir, MEPs have backed a series of measures that could set animal protection in Europe back decades. Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee voted through a number of amendments that seriously weaken proposals from the European Commission to regulate animal testing across Europe. This is a tragedy. MEPs are claiming to protect laboratory animals [...]