I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
How Much Do Chemical Bans Really Cost Yesterday ECHA produced a report entitled “Estimating the abatement costs of hazardous chemicals. A review of the results of six case studies”. The report looks at how to work out the cost of the substitution of hazardous chemicals. The costs of substituting one chemical for another are … Read more
Reality Attack Something remarkable has happened in Brussels. A remarkable outbreak of reality has descended on politicians in the European Parliament. The European Parliament’s environment committee has realized that not all is well. The great strides that this committee has been responsible for any advancing environmental policy and regulation has not led to the … Read more
Taking on the Tax Havens Via Environmental Law I just read a good piece in the Economist about Tax Havens. In Belgium I am paying around 50% income tax. I don’t like. It is not like I am rich. It is also a bit grating that Belgium’s indolent upper class have written themselves a tax … Read more
Simple Works Environmentalists are an earnest low. They think people will be persuaded by science and reason. Asking people to change their lives is not easy. It is harder if the issue is not explained to them. On Climate Change there is often a battle of data between two sides. The politicians are confused and … Read more