Of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. I want to welcome all of our viewers for another today im joined by todd myers, he is an expert in environmental policy, he is the author of a brandnew book out this week called time to think small, how nimble Environmental Technology can solve the planet biggest problem, it comes to us with more than two decades of policy experience. Hes a leader at the washington, the state of Washington Department of natural resources, he lives in the heart of the Cascade Mountains with more than 200,000 honeybees and is part of the recovery council. He works day today with our friends at the Washington Post the center where he is the environmental policy director. As a reminder, we want to get you involved in this conversation. For our friend joining live we encourage you to enter questions into the chat function. Those will be sorted and said to me where it will go to todd and you can talk about your ideas, your questions. For those of you who dont have tha
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
Translation i would like to iterate our principal position, we will be ready to consider the possibility of reviving the grain deal, i told the president about it today and we would do it right away. As soon as all the agreements recorded on lifting sanctions on the export of russian Agricultural Products are lifted. Ukraines black sea ports are now effectively blockaded by russia, experts say it will have to rely heavily on its ports along the danube river to export grain into neighbouring romania from where it can be transported further afield as romanias ports remain open. For many countries the grain from russia has been critical, north africa where they have been experiencing drought that has been a real problem. To discuss whats at stake im joined by arnaud petit, council. Are you disappointed they could not Reach Agreement to day . There are considerations like financial transactions, we know that now it and cannot be happening just in well the Russian Agricultural Bank be recon
Several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where were going is the revolution. Were talking about wars and were talking about tensions. The theme of today is the colonists were whining freeloaders getting all the benefits of british citizenship. Yep. Without footing any of the cost. Thats the motherland fought to protect them.
Moving from the colonial era which weve been talking about into talking about the praeli in any way to the revolution, the tensions that come out of the colonial wars more than the colonial wars. And so this is a sort of transition class period. Were going be spending the next several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where we