I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Open Law Making Wins Again Yesterday evening, 1st Vice-President Frans Timmermans, struck another blow for open law making. Until today, the process for adopting delegated acts was a secretive affair. Today, you can track the development, adoption and scrutiny of delegated acts. You can find out how to here. This is important because … Read more
Is “Sound Science” an indicator of how politicians vote? I was chatting with some people who are convinced that if politicians just understood the science they would back them. I get why some people may think “if only they understood our scientific case they would back us”. I understand it but don’t agree with it. More … Read more
What seems a long time ago, the European Commission tabled two proposals for Endocrine Disruptor Criteria. One for biocides and one for pesticides. From the start, the Commission wanted a joined up approach. They just want the same regulatory approach taken for pesticides, biocides, and indeed for anything else. It has not been easy getting … Read more
At nearly 47, I don’t get impressed easily. This morning reading the Economist, in the Europe section, I saw an excellent advertisement. It was an advertisement by android. Here it is. It’s part of a series of stories android are telling. https://www.android.com/everyone/stories/ The self same ad popped up in twitter (micro-targeting … Read more