Chemicals giant BASF has a long-standing tradition of threatening economic catastrophe whenever the industry is faced with regulatory measures to rein in its toxic trade. However, the real catastrophe is how BASF imposes a huge Burden (material, moral, and financial) on society from its toxic "forever chemicals" and hazardous pesticides to its contribution to climate change. BASF's huge burden on Europe is also evident in the company's enormous climate footprint. BASF remains wedded to fossil gas, including via hydrogen and fracked gas from the US, and its approach locks itself into decades of future fossil fuel use. The public is once again bearing the burden of BASF's profit-driven consumption of fossil fuels in the form of its contribution to the climate crisis. EU and member state decision-makers need to get real about the burden that corporations like BASF place on society in Europe and around the world and agree on robust new rules to get the industry in line and paying its way in full

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