Chloe Alexander
@chlexander
Campaigner @CHEMTrust. Environment, chemicals and also arts/culture. Views my own
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03-05-2011 15:46:38
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This latest, thoughtful report from IEEP UK sets out a pragmatic, long-term approach for future UK-EU cooperation on the environment Includes recommending the UK adopts a default policy of aligning with EU environmental regs and seeks a close relationship with European Chemicals Agency - ECHA 🇪🇺
EXCLUSIVE: 8 months of work, and my story exposing how the small town of Bentham in North Yorkshire became the most PFAS polluted place in the country is now live Read the news story in the The Guardian and the full two-part investigation in ENDS Report theguardian.com/environment/ar…
Great to delve into what better regulation for the environment could look like - so critical. Absolute pleasure sharing a panel with Chloe Alexander from Chem Trust, Kierra Box for FOE, and Eleanor Godwin for Violation tracker. Thanks for having me @Unchecked_UK and Violation Tracker UK
Great to hear Rachel Reeves raise closer alignment with the EU on chemical regulation 👏🏼 This is vital for closing the gap that’s opening up with the EU: chemtrust.org/review-of-uk-r… Further details 👉🏻 chemtrust.org/divergence-tab…
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that a Labour government would seek deeper links with the EU, using the chemicals industry as a prime example. Ruth Chambers, senior fellow, says: "We welcome this common sense on chemicals..." 🔗ft.com/content/d0a1f7…
Another important investigation by ENDS Report - on tetraethyl lead emissions from small aircraft, affecting around 370k households While the EU and US have set phase-out dates, the UK has said regulatory pressure not needed Recommended listening
Diplomacy as normal, if only we remembered what normal was like. Helene von Bismarck on Starmer's visit to Germany. One point I've made in a couple of interviews - with a new Commission forming the UK can't yet engage in detail with Brussels anyway. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…