Bijou van der Borst is an investigative journalist at Investico.

Originally from Belgium, she graduated from the university of Antwerp. Bijou van der Borst is an investigative journalist and writes about climate, energy and spatial planning for Platform Investico and Brusselse Nieuwe. She also hosts the podcast 'A Look in the Climate Kitchen'. Together with Bert van Slooten, she talks to Dutch climate negotiators in Europe.

Bijou van der Borst

Basic information

Name
Bijou van der Borst
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
Environment, space and energy
Country
Netherlands
City
Utrecht
Links

Supported projects

Forever Lobbying Project

  • Data Journalism
  • Environment
  • Industry

BRUSSELS - Over a year, a team of 46 journalists in 16 countries investigated an ongoing massive, orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign led by the PFAS industry and their allied organisations to water down a proposal to ban “forever chemicals” in the EU and shift the burden of environmental pollution onto society, threatening the economic equilibrium of European nations.

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