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simonpickstone.bsky.social

Environmental journalist at ENDS Europe (@endseurope.com)

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To no one's surprise, UK newspapers are full of truly dreadful - and, at times, outright bizarre - "reporting" of the Climate Change Committee's new carbon-budget advice. For a sane and nuanced summary – with lots of charts - here's our detailed coverage... www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-reducing...

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

A little glimpse into my inbox following today's Clean Industrial Deal announcement 😵‍

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It's good news for seal hunters, historical reenactment societies, airgun aficionados and the Finnish army: the European Commission is proposing a bunch of exemptions to its (very delayed) ban on lead in ammunition and fishing tackle.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

"It's so so surreal that somewhere so peaceful and so small is having stuff like this"... 🟥 Subscribe to the Eco Chamber to be the first to listen to our new podcast 🟥 God's Own Dark Waters: Exposing a chemical scandal.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Episode 2 of our unexpectedly popular podcast is now live and free to listen to! this week we're talking about the Commission's work programme and -- in my bid to drive down listener numbers -- the Forest Monitoring Law. open.spotify.com/episode/4FGy...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Listen to the first ever episode of our new podcast here!

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨 No 10 has been raising questions over flagship nature policy in growth push, sources have told me www.endsreport.com/article/1905...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

The Commission is fighting legal challenges on all fronts at the EU's General Court

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

European consumer groups found some truly incredible products on Temu, including a "black survival knife" -- a "perfect gift for men" that you can store in your car door for ~special reasons~

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

wow Oil demand is falling at such a rate in China that "it is expected that China will eliminate 20,000 gas stations by 2030, from the current 110,000 to about 90,000" m.caijing.com.cn/article/359487

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Do... Copa-Cogeca know what 'up against the wall' means??

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Google rolling out Gemini across its business accounts feels a lot like that time Apple put that U2 album on everyone's itunes

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Just an all-time great graph from BusinessEurope's latest report that's meant to show the EU economy is 'losing ground' to China, using different axes -- with different intervals!! -- to show performance against US GDP 😬

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Transparency geek news: from the 1st of January, the EU Commission started to proactively publish minutes of the meetings held between lobbyists and staff with management function (from DG to head of units). It's short, and not very detailed, but still a step toward transparency

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

Another win for Big Gelato

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

The European Commission would like pesticides sold in the EU to carry this quite dark little picture of a dead bee if they're particularly hazardous ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Not surprised that the 'strategic dialogue' model has started being replicated in other sectors. As I said, it was one of the most interesting policy experiments von der Leyen has come out with. I'm curious to see how it'll work in another polarised sector, such as the automotive

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

If you only put a station in one of the two cities it serves you can save money. What an upside down country that such an idea would be voiced.

submitted 74 days ago • 6 comments

“We’ve known about the health impacts of wood burning for decades. We need to make sure councils are given the tools and resources to protect children from toxic pollution and not just talk about the risks. The current system is obviously not fit for purpose.” Good work @mumsforlungs.bsky.social

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

The following EU expressions are recalled & must be returned immediately Continuing use will invite a visit from the EU anti-cliche task force & possible sanction. __ Union (Energy, Innovation) _ Act (Chips, AI) The Deal (Green, Clean) __ Compass (Strategic, Competitive) What else?

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

It's not looking good for the proposed Forest Monitoring Law -- conservative + far-right MEPs hate it, while centrists seem lukewarm at best. Leaks suggests that member states are also busy watering it down. I wonder how much will remain by the time they're done with it...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

How to get around the EU ban on single-use cutlery in one easy step

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

It didn't get a tonne of media coverage yesterday, but ECHA put out a statement indicating its experts are looking into limiting the scope of the 'universal' PFAS restriction echa.europa.eu/-/echa-and-f...

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment