Earthquake of 2.5 magnitude hits Northern Groningen (again)
50 years of natural gas extraction is hitting back Translated by Thomas Ansell The North of Groningen has been hit ...
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Tag: Climate Change
Dutch advisory body sides with fossil fuel giants: drilling for gas on Frisian/Drents border can continue until 2034
Vermilion Energy has supportive voices in high places Translated by Thomas Ansell As reported by the Omrop Fryslân, the Dutch ...
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Further small earthquakes hit Groningen- 29 so far this year
A 0.6 magnitude quake in Ruischerbrug hit this morning A small earthquake occurred early this morning in Ruischerbrug near Beijum, ...
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Frisian water board: “strong investment” required to make Province climate-change resistant
Large amounts of rainfall in the last week have seen the current pump system nearly become overwhelmed Translated by Thomas ...
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Welcome to the Village festival might be cancelled, but the ‘village of the future’ ethical hackathon will go on!
Welcome to the Village’s social experiment ‘DORP’ will focus on solutions to current societal problems By Thomas Ansell Though Welcome ...
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Gas extraction from under Groningen to stop three years earlier than previously thought
The Gasunie has decided that Groningen’s taps can be turned off as early as 2023 Groningen’s gas fields will no ...
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Wadden Association to put forward motion to new Dutch government to end gas extraction in the area
Following yesterday’s ruling against Shell’s greening plans, the Association is trying to get any new government to go further with ...
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‘Look! Up here!’ Groningen launches new campaign to put city in national policy programme
“Hallo Horizon” wants to put Groningen at the top of the national agenda The city of Groningen, through its ‘Akkoord ...
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Martini Tower to go dark for an hour as part of WWF’s ‘Earth Hour 2021’
People around the world are being urged to join in the initiative and turn off their lights for an hour ...
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Hundreds of protestors assemble at Oldehove in Leeuwarden for climate protest
Sunday afternoon saw around 500 people attend the demonstration Translated by Thomas Ansell On Sunday afternoon around 500 people attended ...
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Groningen to become second CoronaCheck registration location for people who have been vaccinated outside of the Netherlands
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Groningen goes “Oktoberfest”on October 15 & 16
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Organizers of Leeuwardens’ Sinterklaas parade withdraw over Zwarte Piet discussion
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Soul band to pay tribute to Amy Winehouse on October 17
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EM2 Groningen to host AC/DC tribute night with all-female Ukrainian band AC/She-C
