First meeting of the Environment Committee 10 July 2019

Agenda Election of the Chair. Minutes of the meeting Minutes here. Transcript of the meeting So, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, I think we should start. My name is Peter Liza, and have already been asked by colleagues. Am I the oldest member here in the comedy? No, I hope not. But they told me … Read more

What’s New in the Environment Committee

After the voters have had their say, the turnover of MEPs is  63%. For the Environment Committee, it’s 67%.  Political heavyweights of the Environment Committee will not be there. Julie Girling, Karl-Heinz Florenz, and Françoise Grossetete did not run again. Ivo Belet, Pavel Poc, and Elisabetta Gardini were not re-elected.  I’ll update this post when the … Read more

Having Your Own Canary in the Legislative Mine

On Friday I gave a talk to the Public Affairs Council. I was asked how far in advance I could tell if a legislative or regulatory proposal would come. I answered ’10 years out’.  Maybe this sounds like an incredulous mystic, so I thought it would be useful to test out this ‘gut feeling’.  This … Read more