Environment

Having Your Own Canary in the Legislative Mine

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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

Environment Committee challenge 6 implementing acts (14 March 2019)

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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

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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