Raphaëlle Aubert (Paris) is an investigative data journalist at Le Monde.

She developed the Forever Pollution Project’s map, published in 2023. In 2024, she coordinated the French investigation for the cross-border project Under the Surface, which exposed groundwater pollution and depletion across Europe. Her work on micro-pollutants contaminating the environment earned her the International Association of Hydrogeologists’ Distinguished Associate Award in 2024. As part of the Forever Lobbying Project (2025), she coordinated the evaluation of PFAS remediation costs in Europe with several scientists.  

Raphaëlle Aubert

Basic information

Name
Raphaëlle Aubert
Title
Investigative data journalist
Expertise
PFAS, pollution
Country
France
City
Paris
Links

Supported projects

Forever Lobbying Project

  • 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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Under the Surface: The Untold Crisis of European Groundwater

  • Climate
  • Data Journalism
  • Environment
  • Healthcare

PARIS / BRUSSELS / MADRID – Groundwater is the ecosystem Europe has always been able to rely on, and grew to consider an infinite resource. This cross-border investigation reveals that the current state of matters is dire: our water is disappearing and what remains is facing near-irreversible pollution.

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