Inside the EU alliance where chemical polluters grade their own pollution

Inside the EU alliance where chemical polluters grade their own pollution

The European Commission’s new Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA) has been effectively taken over by the industry it is meant to scrutinise. The alliance, launched at the Chemelot industrial park in the Dutch province of Limburg in January this year, is tasked with identifying chemical molecules and production sites deemed “critical” to the EU economy.  Those designated as such could qualify for EU or national subsidies. But a report published thi…