The European Commission was sent back to the drawing board on the EU’s renewable energy directive overhaul after an internal assessment of its draft proposal concluded that it failed to analyse the potential environmental risks of increased bioenergy use.
The European Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board, an in-house independent body overseeing the quality of EU legislation, sent a negative opinion on the EU executive’s draft renewable energy directive.
In the opinion, dated 19 April, the board said the Commission’s cost-benefit analysis of the directive contained “significant shortcomings”.
“The presentation of the analysis and comparison of the options is often confusing or incomplete,” the board said, adding this was the case “in particular” when it comes to “the options related to bioenergy” and their likely impact on EU member states.
Patriotism, tax and the Dyson lobbying affair
Readers on the row over text messages between James Dyson and Boris Johnson about a tax waiver for people coming to Britain to work on ventilators
Boris Johnson and James Dyson. ‘Clearly a system that allows for fast-track lobbying-by-text is morally and ethically obscene,’ writes Lorraine Gibson. Composite: UK Parliament
Boris Johnson and James Dyson. ‘Clearly a system that allows for fast-track lobbying-by-text is morally and ethically obscene,’ writes Lorraine Gibson. Composite: UK Parliament
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Gaby Hinsliff jokes about patriotism moving “in mysterious ways”, with the “great British patriot” James Dyson taking his “clean out of the country” (A lot of people pitched in during Covid, but only Dyson got a tax waiver for it, 22 April), but there is nothing remotely funny about the way patriotism is being distorted in No 10. Making arrangem
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One of Foxy Loxy Print Gallery and Café’s most popular draws is its cozy and inviting courtyard.
This past year, the only sounds emanating from the courtyard were the tinkling of wineglasses, the crackle of fire pits, and the patter of good conversation, but now Foxy Loxy is introducing the return of live music.
“When we first opened in 2011 we started off straight away with Acoustic Tuesdays,” said Foxy Loxy Owner Jennifer Jenkins. “That was the first event night that we would do.
Jenkins chose Tuesday nights because her partner, musician Markus Kuhlmann (Waits & Co., Clouds and Satellites, formerly of Train Wrecks) didn’t usually have any gigs booked that night. Actually, most musicians didn’t have gigs booked on Tuesday nights.