Environment
Environment Committee challenge 6 implementing acts (14 March 2019)
Today, 14 March 2019 (link), the Environment Committee challenged 6 pieces of secondary legislation. 6 resolutions challenged: 4 implementing acts for GMO authorizations 2 implementing acts for chemical (DEHP) authorizations All the objections were adopted. They will now go to the full Parliament for adoption. The blog will be updated with the (1) Committee and … Read more
Why ideas matter to deliver a resource efficient society
Ideas matter and in public policy ideas are the currency that matters. Public policy adopts good ideas and sometimes poor ideas. Why some ideas are taken up and others not is the subject of academic debate. I think that a major reason is because someone turns up at the right time with a convincing enough … Read more
Microplastics – British Conservative Government and European Greens Unite
It is not common for the British Conservative Party and the European Greens to unite on anything. Plastics in the oceans has united them. Their messages and communication agency are identical. On the environment agenda, today’s Conservative government, or at least Mr Gove, seem to have moved from taking a page out of the Green … Read more