Where is Europe’s Environment Agenda?

Where is the Environment? Today, 27 October 2015, the Commission published their Annual Work Plan. It is bare reading on the environment front. There is only one substantive legislative proposal, the re-tabling of the withdrawn circular economy package. It falls under the title ” A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment”. It’s like the Environmental … Read more

The Rational Optimist – Why Today So Many Are So Prosperous

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The main message of the book is that the world is getting better. We humans keep finding amazing ways to solve great challenges. Billions of people now lives that were until recently the preserve of only the great Kings and Queens. Sure, there are still too many people … Read more

Fish Farming Now Bigger Business Than Wild Caught Fish

Bloomberg dropped the news today. “For the first time, the world is eating more fish from farms than from the open sea, spurring billions of dollars of takeovers as one of the largest food companies seeks to capitalize on rising demand.” We are now eating more farmed bred fish than wild caught fish.   The … Read more