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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Tag: Climate Change
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 ...
Read moreExtinction Rebellion hold socially-distanced demontration on Grote Markt in Groningen
Tens of people gathered to protest widespread climate inaction Several dozen people demonstrated Saturday afternoon on the Grote Markt in ...
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Campus Fryslân in Leeuwarden to hold special ‘local solutions to global problems’ climate adaptation courses
The free, online course is a collaborative effort between the RUG’s Frisian faculty and the UN’s ‘Global Centre on Adaptation’ ...
Read moreUS Climate group suggests much of the Netherlands to be a new Atlantis by 2050
Rising sea levels due to climate change is likely to ensure that much of the Netherlands will be literally under ...
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Climate Adaptation Week Groningen: A free online interactive international festival about climate adaptation
In an ever-faster changing climate: ‘We change and adapt! Will you?’ By Adriana Dancu Climate change is the biggest challenge ...
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Fridays for Future to hold Protest in Leeuwarden
The young people-led movement aims to bring attention to a rapidly unfolding climate crisis Translated by Thomas Ansell The climate ...
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