Investigative environmental reporter - Senior researcher at @hrw
Paris, France
Joined September 2014
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NEW One week after the release of our research, a Ministry of Hydrocarbons official shared the first official findings from Perenco's audit, pledged transparency, and announced—for the first time—an official timeline for the release of the final report
hrw.org/news/2026/08/03/dr-c…
NEW: As the Congolese Government finalizes an environmental audit of French-British oil firm Perenco's operations in the DRC, newly obtained evidence on the company's oil operations has been published by @hrw today. 1/7
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Chemicals used in plastics—everything from clothes to carpets—can cause infertility, cancer and even obesity.
But scientists fear a 'Big Tobacco'-style campaign by the plastics industry is undermining science.
Our investigation with @theipaper & @abounn
source-material.org/plastics…
Agathe Bounfour retweeted
So proud to announce this 😁😁😁 - today, journalists from three media organizations – Follow the Money, EUobserver and Investigate Europe – are launching a new newsletter to expose the lack of transparency within the European Union.
We call it the Secrecy Tracker. Why...
NEW : How BP shaped the science after the world’s biggest oil spill
My new investigation for @FTM_eu looks into newly released court documents on the US Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ftm.eu/articles/bp-research-…
BP-backed scientific authors did not adequately disclosed conflicts of interest when publishing studies in academic literature. Among three key journals that published research sponsored by BP, one said it had launched an investigation in response to FTM’s questions.
Scientific research has played a crucial role in the legal proceedings stemming from the oil spill, with some cases still ongoing today regarding the long-term effects of the spill on workers.
Read the full story👇
ftm.eu/articles/bp-research-…
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⚖️ #TotalEnergies & dérèglement climatique : La cour d'appel ouvre la voie vers un procès au fond.
L'action de notre coalition est jugée recevable👉 bit.ly/4bacGfa
Great work on US anti-wind movements by @isaac_slevin & co at the @climatedevlab. Many similarities with our own research at @greenpeacefr on the French networks published in Le Monde 2 years ago (1/7)👇
drilled.media/news/podcast-a…
Many anti-wind groups worry about the energy transition being captured by the interests of big corporations (and by the oil industry in the US case). That shows how critical equity issues are for the energy transition and how this should be a core focus for the envi movement 6/7
Here is a link to the investigation into French networks published by @StephaneMandard and @pmouterde
lemonde.fr/planete/article/2… (7/7)
