Environment

If you want to better understand what the new Chemical Strategy for Sustainability will look like, today’s discussion (8 June) in the Environment Committee, will give you a good understanding.

If Commission’s Communications made the environment a better place, we would have already reached the promised land. Reading the Commission’s 2030 and 2020 Biodiversity Strategy Communications I am struck by the similarities. Apart from the rhetorical flourish at the start, it seems familiar. From the glowing praise to the 2030 Communication, you would think the … Read more

The useful information is always hidden in plain sight. As I go through groundhog days every day, I miss some of the useful information. The Environment Committee’s exchange with Commissioner Sinkevičius on 12 May provided one such nugget. There was an interesting and targeted question from Margrete Auken MEP (Denmark/Green) to Commissioner Sinkevičius on 12 May about … Read more

Re-reading the European Green Deal (11.12.19) I am struck by the magnitude of what’s being tabled. It’s an agenda of a radical overhaul of today’s economy.  It makes the  1930s New Deal or the 2008  Great Bail Out seem small scale rehearsals. Yet, I am cautious of the real value of printing paper with grand … Read more