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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Windpark Fryslân enters final stretch: 89 turbines to provide clean power for about 500,000 households
The turbines will create 1,500,000 megawatt-hours of power per year, with no CO2 emissions or pollutants By Thomas Ansell The ...
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Gasunie wants to make Northern Netherlands leading in green gas and hydrogen
Gasunie in Groningen will invest 7 billion euros in the energy transition until 2030. The concern, which wants to transform ...
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Rutte’s suggestion that gasless Groningen could become home to nuclear power station ridiculed
It seems that outgoing PM Rutte wants to keep Groningen as the South’s energy provider Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has ...
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Olympic champion Epke Zonderland now a doctor
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Coronavirus update for the North: testing without an appointment now available at MartiniPlaza in Groningen, young people’s second shot to be moved earlier, falling positive test numbers in all three Provinces
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Code yellow weather warning for storms across Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe this afternoon and evening
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Coronavirus update for the North: cases fall again across Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe
