A new bill in the Vermont House would ban the use of certain insecticides by the state’s agricultural sector. Bill H.706 bans the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on many crops, such as corn, soy and grain, and on all crops during bloom. The bill follows a recent move by New York state to ban the […]
This week’s episode is joined by the CCC’s U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks! We’re talking about the theft happening in major retail brands through self-checkout counters. Also in this episode: which regulations make sense for online influencers? February 1, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
I was a guest on WIBC 93.1 FM in Indiana to talk about the German farmer protests. You can listen to the entire exchange by clicking below:
Il est temps que nous reconnaissions le rôle vital de l’énergie nucléaire et que nous la défendions en tant que force du bien dans notre monde. Pendant des décennies, les fruits de la révolution du gaz de schiste, ainsi que leur nouveau statut de premier exportateur net de gaz naturel au monde, ont démontré que les consommateurs […]
I returned back on the Wednesday Night Live livestream to promote episode 3 of Fun Police. You can watch the entire 2-hour livestream here:
Episode 3: Harm reduction Many people attempt to quit smoking, but it’s a difficult task. With the availability of smoking cessation devices, the question is: how effective are they, and why are they being treated the same as smoking? In this episode, we take a look at tobacco harm reduction, its proponents and adversaries. Act […]
I joined TNT Radio’s State of the Nation with Steve Hook and Bryan McClain to promote the FUN POLICE podcast series.
Episode 2: The Billionaire Every prohibitionist movement needs its funders. Its moneymen. Usually, there are powerful industrialists who’ve made it big and are “giving back” by restricting choices of the little people. For popular movements against alcohol in the 1900s, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford were the principal philanthropists. Neoprohibitionists now rely […]
Nearly 300 votes against, only 207 in favor: Those were the final results of a vote in the European Parliament on the “Sustainable Use of Pesticides” directive, the landmark legislation of the European Union’s agriculture reforms. The plans would have cut back on pesticide and fertilizer use, as well as shifted a major part of Europe’s farmland use to […]
In this week’s episode: 🌱 The Pesticide Reduction Act was struck down in the European Parliament 🇳🇱 The Netherlands have voted 📲 The U.S flip-flops on digital trade (w/ Nathalie Voit) Nathalie Voit’s article in Real Clear Markets: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/11/20/the_biden_administration_stands_down_to_wto_protectionism_993405.html Start following the Fun Police podcast series ! Now on Spotify and elsewhere, episode first dropping […]
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