I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
If Commission’s Communications made the environment a better place, we would have already reached the promised land. Reading the Commission’s 2030 and 2020 Biodiversity Strategy Communications I am struck by the similarities. Apart from the rhetorical flourish at the start, it seems familiar. From the glowing praise to the 2030 Communication, you would think the … Read more
Yesterday, 28 May 2020, the Environment Committee debated and voted an objection to renewing the approval for the pesticide pyriproxyfen. The objection was tabled by Joëlle Mélin (ID). The challenge was to an implementing act. The motion was supported by the ID and GUE. The other groups objected. Mélin’s framing of the objection is interesting. The … Read more
There are over 40 pieces of EU legislation dealing with chemical substances. The legislation is managed by different Commission departments (ENV, GROW, SANTE, Employment), and different agencies (ECHA, EFSA). The procedures substances go through vary. Most go through secondary legislation – either delegated acts, implementing acts, and many still go through the regulatory procedure with scrutiny … Read more
The useful information is always hidden in plain sight. As I go through groundhog days every day, I miss some of the useful information. The Environment Committee’s exchange with Commissioner Sinkevičius on 12 May provided one such nugget. There was an interesting and targeted question from Margrete Auken MEP (Denmark/Green) to Commissioner Sinkevičius on 12 May about … Read more