Environment

If you want to know what an organisation plans for the year ahead are, there is no better document to read than their Management Plan. DG Environment note that the management plan is a look at the year ahead. 2020 is different. The 2020 Management Plan, published on 19 November 2020,  is a look at … Read more

Yesterday, 14 October, the Commission adopted a flurry of environmental proposals.  The 8th Environmental Action Programme, (link) came out at the end of the day. It reads as if it has been quickly assembled to help meet the ambitious political agenda to get proposals adopted by the College agenda.  What it lacks is a surprising … Read more

I find it useful to look in detail at how the EP votes. It gives a good indication of the political mood of the chamber and their likely future political positions. The European Parliament voted on their ‘Resolution on the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability’ on 10 July 2020. The text was easily carried. Looking at … Read more

As the Commission considers phasing out ‘hazardous’ substances’ in the upcoming ‘Chemical Strategy for Sustainability’ let us look at the many every day things that fall under that heading. Some obvious hazardous substances are: Alcohol Caffeine in coffee and tea Safrole in spices Reading through a 1984 book that details man-made and natural hazardous substances, … Read more