Nicolas Thierry, pfas opposite – Liberation

What is the house of a man who dedicates a large part of his life to the defense of the environment looks like? A stone’s throw from Bordeaux, in the Creonnais, we must follow a long path bordered by a field to satisfy our curiosity. At the end of the aisle, a wooden building on stilts, nestled in a green setting. Keeping out of sight. For Nicolas Thierry, green deputy for the second Girondine district, « unthinkable » to shoot down the two centenary oaks planted on the ground. So much so that the house looks like a hut in the trees. « We have to adapt to nature, not the other way around », Launches the elected official, from the first minutes of the interview. Consistent.

« Coherence », The one between the ideas that we defend and the choices that we have to make in life, Nicolas Thierry made a mantra. The very one who pushed him, with his team, to fight for two and a half years to have a law adopted, at the end of February, a law aimed at restricting eternal pollutants in cosmetics and clothing. The famous pfas. He had already hit hard in 2023 with his moratorium on the mining of the seabed. “For having rubbed shoulders with the political class, he is one of the most honest people I know. A big hard worker, very