Sir – Credit where credit is due for cutting carbon emissions (Report, November 22). In the last year, Oxfordshire County Council reduced its carbon footprint by an impressive 15 per cent or 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Low-energy lighting, using fewer buildings, less staff travel and a warm winter all played their part.


Until recently, the county council has done very little to cut carbon and save energy costs. A five-year programme aiming to save 18 per cent of harmful CO2 gases barely managed 10 per cent.
By contrast, Oxford City Council, for example, saves at least 5 per cent of CO2 each and every year. But, at last, the county is taking energy costs and climate change seriously.
So, good for them. Now what is needed is much more help for hundreds of schools across Oxfordshire to cut their heating bills and carbon footprints. Much better to spend money on teachers and classroom assistants than on inefficient heating costs.
John Tanner, Board member for a Cleaner, Greener Oxford