Environment

On 30 March 2002, the European Commission published their proposal for ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation‘. All going to plan, the Commission will have adopted one of the most radical pieces of environmental product regulation without many people noticing. I’d estimate this will be agreed to by the end of 2023. I have a particular … Read more

The recent CBAM vote provided a good example of a straight up or down vote on a moratorium  on the the European Green Deal. The amendment was rejected with 287 for, 330  against, and 5 abstentions. See the Roll Call vote below. The majority was a traditional progressive alliance of the S&D, most of Renew, … Read more

Today, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee held an exchange of views with the Commission on their progress in developing proposals for CLP and REACH Regulation, and with ECHA on their work on the PFAS Restriction. It was interesting to see the Commission not respond to the concerns raised by MEPs (Arena & Hazekamp) on the … Read more

  The von der Leyen Commission took office on Saturday 1 December 2019. On 11 December 2019, the Commission adopted an ambitious European Green Deal.  Even before the Commission took office, it seemed clear that the von der Leyen Commission would be a Green Commission.  The President’s Political Guidelines made that clear enough. The Green … Read more