I was a guest on Forum Daily’s The News Forum to talk about farmer protests in Europe. Click the video below to watch the entire interview:
On The Impact Farming Show to talk European farmer protests
I was a guest on The Impact Farming Show to talk, at length, about farmer protests in Europe. You can watch the entire exchange by clicking the video below:
Manifestations d’agriculteurs en Europe: oui, les directives européennes sont en faute !
A travers toute l’Europe, les agriculteurs expriment leur mécontentement… à juste titre. Dans de nombreux pays européens, les agriculteurs protestent et ils ont raison de le faire. Qu’il s’agisse des agriculteurs néerlandais qui protestent contre la réduction prévue du nombre d’éleveurs, des agriculteurs allemands qui s’opposent à la hausse prévue des taxes sur le diesel […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP141: Farmer protests, City traffic, and Portugal at high speed
Solo this week as we keep working on the second season of Fun Police. Still, we have these topics for you this week: 🚜 Farmer protests are now sweeping France 🚦 A new ranking shows which European cities are the most congested 🇵🇹 Portugal works on improved high-speed rail The ranking : https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ Listen to […]
Augmentation des billets de train: à quand la véritable concurrence?
Pourquoi la SNCF augmente ses prix tandis que sa concurrence, qui doit aussi payer ses trains, son personnel et son énergie, réduit les siens ? Les associations d’usagers de Normandie ont déjà exprimé leur mécontentement concernant les tarifs des trains, suite à la hausse moyenne de 6% mise en place pour 2023. De plus, il a […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP131: Schiphol conundrum, Grain safety, and French meat battle
Going solo this week with these topics: ✈️ Schiphol airport’s battle over flight reductions 🇺🇦 Poland and Slovakia attack Ukraine’s grain food safety 🇫🇷 France bans meat denominations for plant-based products October 12, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
ConsEUmer podcast / EP127: Turbines & Scooters
This week’s episode contains the following topics: ✈️ Dutch government defines maximum number of flights 🇫🇷 France wants a minimum price for flights 🛴 Paris ban on e-scooters comes into force September 7, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
La juste bataille de RyanAir contre le contrôle aérien français
La compagnie aérienne a interpellé la Commission européenne pour que les contrôleurs aériens français suivent les mêmes règles que leurs collègues d’ailleurs en Europe. La compagnie aérienne à bas prix RyanAir a récemment présenté à la Commission européenne une pétition de plus d’un million de signatures, dans laquelle elle plaide pour un traitement équitable par […]
Birds and Bees, Beware: New York’s Anti-Pesticide Bill Will Backfire
Through recently passed legislation, the New York state legislature aims to abolish certain insecticides in defense of the “birds and bees.” The chemicals in question, called neonicotinoids, are commonly used in crop production to shield crops from undesired insects — including aphids, which spread the beet yellows virus. Lawmakers have been convinced by environmental activist […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP120: Eco-terrorists banned, Plastic taxes, and Do you want an empathist? (w/ Kristian Niemietz)
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🇫🇷 France bans “eco-terrorist” group ♸ New plastic taxes are paid by consumers 🏥 Instead of a doctor, will the NHS make you see an “empathist”? (w/ Kristin Niemietz) You can follow Kristian Niemietz on Twitter @K_Niemietz. Follow the IEA @iealondon Find Kristian’s book: https://iea.org.uk/publications/universal-healthcare-without-the-nhs/ June 22, 2023 Follow […]
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