鈥淚t was kind of like a religious conversion.鈥�
Stephen Tindale, former director of Greenpeace UK, explaining that he and other leading environmentalists now back nuclear power because of the urgent need to curb carbon dioxide emissions (The Independent, London, 23 February)
鈥淢y family believe my brother was murdered.鈥�
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David Fielding, whose brother was one of 2000 British people with haemophilia who died after being given blood contaminated with HIV or hepatitis in the 1970s and 80s. Fielding gave evidence at an independent inquiry into the incident, which released its report this week (The Scotsman, Edinburgh, UK, 22 February)
鈥淭his was a digital rights grab.鈥�
Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington DC, which had planned to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over Facebook鈥檚 change to its contract with users, which appeared to give it perpetual ownership of their contributions. Facebook reversed the changes on 17 February (The New York Times, 18 February)
鈥淚t鈥檚 just an SMS that鈥檒l take 45 seconds to complete.鈥�
David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which on Tuesday refused to make immediate changes to out-of-competition rules for drug testing. Some athletes object to a rule requiring them to notify drug testers of their whereabouts (AFP, 24 February)
鈥淲hy would the academy want to come after a little non-profit?鈥�
Kori Titus of Breathe California, host to the 鈥淗ackademy鈥� awards, which rate films according to their portrayal of tobacco use. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is claiming copyright infringement (The Sacramento Bee, 19 February)