We’re back! This week with these topics: 🔌 Macron wants more protectionism on electric vehicles ☢️ Finland wants to upgrade its nuclear power capacity 🎤 CCC and World Vapers’ Alliance hosted a press conference on vaping misperceptions Support the war effort in Ukraine: https://www.recyclerussia.com/ October 20, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP83: Russian tourists in Europe, German decay, and Leadership Election in the UK (w/ Tom Spencer)
Back this week with these topics: 🧳 Estonia and Finland want a ban on Russian tourists in Europe 🇩🇪 Germany is falling apart (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇬🇧 The British Conservative Party chooses a new Prime Minister (w/ Tom Spencer) You can follow Tom Spencer on Twitter @TomJackSpencer Check out these websites if you want support […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP81: Taking it back to Georgia! (w/ Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic)
In this week’s episode: United with the Consumer Choice Center team in Tbilisi, Georgia! Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic weigh in on dollar-Euro parity, the so-called “Uber-files” crypto contagion, and much more. Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A July 21, 2022 […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP50: France delays FTAs, Expensive petrol, and Germany’s lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute)
It’s episode 50 (!) of ConsEUmer! This week: 🔌 German car manufacturers criticise new U.S electric car subsidies ⛽ Fuel taxes are too damn high (w/ Anna Arunashvili) 🇫🇷 France under fire from Germany and Spain for delaying trade deals ☢️ Germany’s lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute) You can follow Rainer Klute on Twitter @Rainer_Klute. […]
Greta Thunberg didn’t win the German elections
Greta Thunberg is back in business. Previously slowed down by European pandemic restrictions, the Fridays For Future movement has now hit the streets, starting in Berlin. ‘We must not give up, there is no going back now,’ Thunberg told thousands of local protesters. The appeals and influence of her movement have translated, at least somewhat, […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP42: Green fuels under fire, Autobahn limits, and UK tax hikes (w/ Alys Watson Brown)
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: ⛽ Two airline CEOs are critical of green fuels 🚗 Germany debates speed limits (w/ Fred Roeder) 🧑🌾 Farmers criticise the Farm to Fork strategy 🇬🇧 The UK national insurance tax hike (w/ Alys Watson Brown) You can follow Alys Watson Brown on Twitter @alyswatsonbrown. September 23, 2021 Follow […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP7: Irish E-Mobility, Lab Meat, and BREXIT Time! (w/ James Holland)
It’s the first ConsEUmer episode of 2021, still hosted by yours truly. This week on ConsEUmer: -> Hope for e-scooters in Ireland -> Lab-grown meat creates opportunities and challenges -> It’s Brexit time
[Reportage] Plénière vum Europaparlament: Sanktiounen fir d’Tierkei, Situatioun a Wäissrussland, Libanon
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf de 15. September iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. D’Europaparlament huet dëse Mount ausnamsweis Plenièren zu Bréissel. En Dënschdeg stoung d’Aussepolitik um Ordre du jour fir déi éischt Plenière. Zanter der leschter Plenière ass vill geschitt, wouzou d’Parlament sech äussere kann. Ugefaange gouf […]
[Reportage] Tilly Metz: “D’Plastiksteier ass eng politesch Unerkennung vum Problem”
Dëse Reportage ass fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert ginn, a gouf de 20. August iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Den 1. Januar d’nächst Joer leeft déi nei EU-Plastiksteier un. Dës soll den EU-Budget ënnerstëtzen a fir méi ökologesch Verpackunge suergen. Déi nei Steier funktionéiert follgendermoossen: Op all Kilo Plastiksverpackungen, déi net recycléierbar […]
Blatant Tobacco Sales Bans are Terrible for Public Health
Al Capone is one of the most infamous criminals in history. Countless books and movies have elevated his name to a level that even during his lifetime, few imagined possible. His crime-syndicate, the “Chicago Outfit” fought bloody gang wars over the production and supply of illegal alcohol. The United States was in the midst of […]