Person: Brigitte Schorn

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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As a country, we need to set our standards higher

IN relation to the reopening of schools despite the swine flu virus, I was shocked to hear a presenter on the 6 O’Clock News (19/8/09) announce to the nation that some schools have poor hygiene standards.

Earth Hour saved us 30 tonnes of CO2 emissions

A truly bright idea to ease our energy crisis

If only we had an Obama of our own

Wind farm ruling lucky escape for residents

Irish hurley-makers get a slap in the face

Candle scandal

I BELIEVE we must make the greatest effort to save and conserve energy. This Christmas I have decided not use my outdoor lights and to replace most of my indoor lights with candles.

Mon, 17 Dec, 2007

Turbines less noisy than motorways

SARAH PRICE (Letters, October 22) asks how I dare take issue with Brigitte Schorn regarding wind turbines.

Mon, 29 Oct, 2007

Giant wind machines make life a nightmare

HOW dare James McGrath (Letters, October 8) accuse Brigitte Schorn of “listing the usual canards about how wind turbines adversely affect our health and quality of life”.

Mon, 22 Oct, 2007

Wind farms do more harm than good

AS a dedicated campaigner against wind farms, I was amazed to see a wind farm developer, Brian Britton, trying to promote his product by focusing on offshore wind turbines only (Letters, September 18).

Thu, 27 Sep, 2007

Wind turbine research a lot of hot air

I AGREE with the headline on Brigitte Schorn’s letter, which states that the “Truth about wind turbines will out” (Irish Examiner, January 11).

Mon, 15 Jan, 2007

Truth about wind turbines will out

I WISH to clarify for both Mr McLay and Mr McGrath (Irish Examiner letters, January 1) that the wind industry in Germany is indeed a failure and this has been well documented.

Thu, 11 Jan, 2007

Wind energy has failed in Germany

I WAS dismayed to read James McGrath’s letter (Irish Examiner, November 24) in which he takes issue with Dr Colmán Etchingham who, like myself, disagrees with Tim Cowig’s claims that wind energy is the only option to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels.

Mon, 11 Dec, 2006