鈥淚 suspect Shell are somewhat embarrassed by their 鈥榳e grow flowers鈥� claim because it鈥檚 such a ridiculous claim.鈥�
The chairman of the UK Advertising Standards Authority commenting on the fact that oil giant Shell had implied that all its waste CO2 was pumped into greenhouses for flower cultivation, when less than 0.5 per cent is used in this way. He says the ASA is receiving a record number of complaints about companies hyping their environmental credentials (The Daily Telegraph, London, 25 April)
鈥淚 have been trying to compost bags that are billed as 鈥榖iodegradable鈥� and 鈥榟ome compostable鈥�, but I have completely failed.鈥�
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Chris Goodall, environmental analyst, reacting to findings that supposedly eco-friendly bioplastics are causing environmental problems (The Guardian, London, 26 April)
鈥淲e needed to know who he is so we can treat him properly, with the respect and dignity he deserves.鈥�
Chief Diane Strand of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations tribe in Canada, speaking after DNA from a body found in a glacier was linked to 15 living people (The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 28 April)
鈥淚t鈥檚 crazy to clone a bull in order to continue torturing and killing bulls in the rings.鈥�
Animal rights activist Consuelo Polo condemning plans to clone Alcalde, a stud bull used to sire animals for bullfights in Spain (CNN, 28 April)
鈥淎 nasty, aggressive sort of squid鈥� a gelatinous blob with seriously evil arms on it.鈥�
Steve O鈥橲hea at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, describing the biggest squid ever caught. Though 10 metres long, it was probably not fully grown (AFP, 29 April)