Mermaid's Anger Grows
While some corporate climate lobby groups have in public lamented the failure of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to reach a strong agreement, behind closed doors, many of them are relieved. Indeed, if there was any attempt to agree meaningful action on climate change in Copenhagen, a number of big business players had been working hard to prevent it. This article looks at the corporate lobbyists who were nominated for the Angry Mermaid Award ahead of Copenhagen – and asks what they achieved.
Revolving doors - EFSA and Syngenta
CEO has sent a joint open letter to the European Commission after the former head of the GMO panel at the European Food Standards Agency moved to work as a lobbyist at the biotech company, Syngenta. The European Food Standards Agency failed to intervene to impose a "cooling off" period before the move - which creates a clear conflict of interest.
The Ideal Climate Commissioner?
Is Connie Hedegaard really the right choice for Climate Commissioner?
Her record of siding with big business lobbies should be reason for concern
Commission candidates face MEP questions
Commission candidates face questions from MEPs before approval - CEO will be blogging on what they say.
A question to Karel de Gucht
Comment about Commissioner-designate for trade, Karel de Gucht, his pledge of “independence” and the first steps he should undertake as a Commissioner to really challenge the corporate capture of EU trade policies.