Pt 3 of the Insignificant Trilogy. Green activists are controlling policy debates by denying other voices in stakeholder dialogue.
Category: Lobbying / Public Affairs
In Praise of the Corporation
The Risk-Monger is fed up with anti-industry rants from ignorant zealots, so he offers one himself!
Neonicotinoids: EFSA’s coded plea for help
When Juncker forces a bad tool on his scientists, don’t be surprised if they cry out for help.
Evolutions in Trust, Part 2: Blockchain (Citizen) Science
Activists are pushing their version of citizen science on regulators as an alternative to proper academic research.
How to use a child
If we speak out against child labour and child soldiers, why do we tolerate activists using child lobbyists?
IARCgate: Shouldn’t IARC Stop Lying?
IARC’s recent letter to the US Congress showed six different ways to lie.
Dear Santa, … I can explain!
The 2017 Risk-Monger “Lump of Coal” Awards
Evolutions in Trust, Part 1: Blockchain Trust
Trust in authorities and experts is declining. So how do we trust? By all of us observing and rating everyone and everything.
Transparocrites: How Transparency Hypocrites Live with Themselves
Activists who demand that others be transparent are often not open themselves. They are transparocrites.
Why Transparency is not a Virtue
We are told today if we are transparent, all is good. Some truly awful people are transparent. Wither personal privacy.
ALARA : An alternative policy tool to the precautionary principle
It’s time for the EU to commission a study on the use of the policy tools of ALARA and precaution.
Glyphosate and the Regulatory Failure of Precaution
Europe’s failure to renew a safe, beneficial herbicide is a clarion call to reassess the illegitimate, hazard-based precautionary principle.