In this week’s episode: Find out more about the World Vapers Alliance on their website: https://worldvapersalliance.com/ November 13, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Farmers have been feeling the weight of the most recent trade negotiations, as tariffs on both agricultural inputs and soybean exports have become a sticking point in the redrafting of American trade relations. President Donald Trump has sought short-term fixes, namely repurposing tariff revenues for farm bailouts and preventing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from implementing new federal regulations on agriculture. The fact that RFK Jr. […]
What is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and why are you yawning while reading about it? With Yaël Ossowski we dive deep into ESG reporting this week, and what it means for energy policy and consumers. November 6, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Senator Patrick Brazeau is at it again. After his bill, which would add cancer warning labels to alcohol cans and bottles, failed to pass before the last election, Brazeau reintroduced his legislation earlier this year and is trying to gain enough support from fellow senators to push the bill through the Senate. Brazeau, who had a lengthy battle […]
Après des années de déni et de mauvaises incitations, la Commission européenne promet un plan pour rendre le logement abordable. Mais ses premières pistes rappellent le même mélange de subventions à la demande et de restrictions de l’offre qui a contribué à créer la crise actuelle. Depuis des décennies, les responsables politiques se succèdent en […]
Un nouveau rapport sur le glyphosate relance la peur au Québec. Derrière les titres alarmistes, aucun danger réel: les niveaux détectés sont bien en dessous des seuils légaux. Un titre choc de Radio-Canada a fait des vagues au Québec: «L’herbicide glyphosate dans l’eau potable de 10 villes québécoises». De quoi inquiéter à la fois les spectateurs […]
Sous prétexte de lutter contre le tabagisme, la Commission européenne veut taxer les produits nicotiniques… pour remplir ses propres caisses. Comme chacun peut le constater, la politique européenne se déroule actuellement sans heurts et sans encombre… ou presque. La France sombre dans un chaos politique inédit, la coalition néerlandaise roule sur des jantes, et la […]
More liquid allowance and carry-on bags, there’s good and bad news for air passengers in Europe. Also, Juan Taborcía from Considerate Pouchers to talk about threats to nicotine alternatives out of both France and the European Union. October 16, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
We’re really tired of Trump’s tariffs by now, but at least there’s news out of the U.S signalling changes to the scheduling of cannabis. Elizabeth Hicks joins us to discuss it all. October 9, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
October 12 is National Farmers’ Day in America, and the federal government is shut down, again, with at least 42,000 employees of the Department of Agriculture furloughed. A time usually reserved for thanking farmers for providing safe, affordable, and sustainable food is obscured by political bickering and brinksmanship. All the while, no one is able to move the […]
Bill Wirtz 