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A Real Radical Option for an European Environmental Agenda

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I get the feeling that the DG Environment has last its way. From a political and legislative power house of the Commission in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, it has backed away. Until a 7th Environmental Action Programme is adopted, the only clear, although not perhaps coherent record of what Europe’s … Read more

How Does Your Audience See You – The Power of Positive and Proactive Communication

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An interesting piece in Chemical Watch on how regulators and politicians see the chemical industry. I worked on the survey.   REACH could improve industry’s reputation, says top executive CEFIC agm debates reputation; survey shows over 80% of Brussels policymakers mistrust chemicals 30-Sep-2011 REACH offers the European chemical industry the opportunity, in the long term, … Read more

Help the Rich – Subsidise Fishermen

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After years of overfishing fish a group of wealthy fishermen switched to fishing for subsidies. The madness of taxpayers money being shifted from productive to too often unproductive and often illegal uses is shown by Greenpeace’s excellent report on where fishing subsidies in Spain are going. You can read it @ http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/oceans/exposed-organised-crime-sea-20111002 Tens of millions … Read more

Overfishing’s Prime Culprit – Seals Eating Fish?

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Is the dreadful state of fish stocks in the North Sea due to seals? Some people think so. Struan Stevenson MEP, for honourable reasons has long thought seals deserve a large part of the blame. Way back in 2002 Struan Stevenson MEP was Chair of the European Parliament’s Fishing Committee. The Committee asked just what … Read more