Industry: “Instead of calling it more public money, more pollution, and more climate description, maybe we call it the Antwerp Declaration?” By @CartoonRalph

“Toxic free EU”. “Go toxic free”. By @CartoonRalph

On one side of the cartoon there is a polluting factory entitled BASF Antwerp. On the other side of some water there are people in suits clinking wine glasses under a banner which says Industry and #EU2024BE lobby event. By @CartoonRalph

Cefic will host its industry summit in Antwerp this week, just days before EU leaders meet to turn industry demands into policy

@xrbelgium.bsky.social warns pesticide pollution, cancer, water contamination &climate breakdown are the real cost

We need #Peopleoverlobbies
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Political cartoon showing a chainsaw labeled ‘Simplifier’ cutting through a stack of papers labeled ‘Vital social and environmental protections.’ The chainsaw bears EU symbols and is powered by a red fuel can labeled ‘Corporate lobbying.’ Above, text reads: ‘Commission unveils new tools in so-called “simplification” plans.’ Cartoon by @cartoonRalph

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The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections.

We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.

Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!

Political cartoon showing a large chainsaw labeled “Simplifier” cutting a green rope labeled “Regulation” stretched between two cliffs. Small people and animals are standing on the rope, about to fall. A figure above says, “We aren’t cutting, we are simplifying,” highlighting the danger of deregulation framed as simplification. Cartoon by @cartoonRalph

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We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.

🇪🇺 Commission needs to stop doing bidding of big business & get back to regulating in public interest.

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Thanks again to @cartoonralph.bsky.social

📣 New article out:

☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus
👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align.

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The climate is changing but the big oil funded politicians outdated approach to it remains the same.

#smallboats aren’t the problem its the big ones that are the problem. Tax the billionaires

#freepalestine #gaza #starmer #labour

Cartoon depicting a man dressed with a tie talking to a woman in front of a wasteland where all nature has died. There are dead fish and the trees have been cut. There are empty yellow cans that read "PFAS". The man says: We don't need new laws for PFAS”. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

On the day that EVP Séjourné attends @europarl.europa.eu ENVI committee, check out our new briefing:
Persistent pollution: 10 reasons why a ban only on #PFAS in consumer products won’t cut it

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10 reasons coming up ⬇️ with thanks to @cartoonralph.bsky.social

This cartoon shows a couple of trees with sad faces. The one in the foreground is labelled “The tree of regulation” and has several fruits which are labelled: human rights, win win, nature, citizens rights and other benefits of regulation. Close by 2 men are crouched around a fallen rotten fruit with a worm protruding. One man is wearing a tie, carrying a briefcase labelled Forever Chemicals Ltd, and wielding a saw. The other man is wearing a tie with EU stars on, and is pointing to the mouldy fruit saying “This will do for PFAS”. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

Cartoon shows a big yellow banner saying: Big Chemicals Megacorp. In the image there is a graph on the wall with an upwards axis depicting euros and the graph has a steep upwards trajectory. A suited man on the left is holding a full champagne glass and saying “Bloody well done us!” The suited man on the right looks worried and is saying “The graph isn’t profits; it’s the costs of removing forever chemicals in the environment”. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

This cartoon shows a man wearing a tie at a lectern with EU stars, and a chemical diagram on the wall behind him. He is saying: “We have set out a plan for PFAS … which the industry has provided for us.” Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

Cartoon depicting countryside with a polar bear on the left and a turtle, dolphin, and monkey on the right. The polar bear is saying “Good news folks, the persistent, forever chemicals in our bodies are from industrial not consumer uses”. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph

Looking for some weekend reading?

Check out our new #PFAS briefing and some great cartoons from @cartoonralph.bsky.social

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#BanPFAS

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