Une renaissance nucléaire en Europe

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 […]

Episode 3 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

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 […]

Episode 2 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

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 […]

Europe tried it green and failed

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 […]

ConsEUmer podcast / EP137: Glyphosate renewed, NL votes, and Digital Trade Flip-Flop (w/ Nathalie Voit)

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 […]