2023-05-25

LUXEMBOURG - The world’s steel leader ArcelorMittal has exceeded several pollution limits authorized by European, Italian and French law for a decade. Meanwhile, the company headquartered in Luxembourg has received billions euros of public funds and indirect subsidies.  

Thanks to this investigation by Carlotta Indiano and Ariane Lavrilleux, the organisation France Nature Environnement (the largest federation of associations for the protection of nature and the environment in France) has denounced ArcerlorMittal in the courts of Lille and Marseille for "endangerment by emissions in the air" and "degradation of air quality".

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Forever Pollution Project: Further Impact

2024-01-26

EUROPE – Last year, in February 2023, 18 European newsrooms published a large investigation on 'forever chemicals', revealing that more than 17,000 sites all over Europe have already been contaminated by the PFAS. This project was followed by expert discussions, legal action, and has now widely been used for scientific purposes, too.

Impact: Stricter Belgian Fuel Export Standards Being Enforced After Investigation

2024-05-23

BRUSSELS – Following the cross-border investigation by Apache, De Groene Amsterdammer (Research Collective Spit) and The Continent which was published in January this year, stricter export standards for fuel export are due to be enforced in Belgium.

Taking companies to court

Taking companies to court

2022-11-09

PARIS - The French Oil Company Perenco S.A. is now facing the Paris Court of Justice. This is the first case in which a French company has been held liable for environmental damage caused abroad.