Reprotecting Europe (2019)

Is it feasible to deregulate whilst also acting on the climate crisis? Not really, is the conclusion of this major report (NEF/EEB). I was lead author, in partnership with the European Environmental Bureau. It was the culmination of a 3-year research and mobilisation project to build opposition in Brussels, France and Germany to national and European programmes of environmental deregulation. …

Grenfell Tower and the tragedy of deregulation

A tragedy that provoked huge questions about deregulation, and who it is done for. For NEF: https://neweconomics.org/2017/06/grenfell-tragedy-deregulation After Grenfell, commentator after commentator is now talking about deregulation – the government’s war on the principle and practice of telling companies what not to do. It may not be too much to suggest that the bubble that opposed regulation may have been popped, literally …