EU concerned about energy poverty due to high gas prices
The European Union is concerned about increasing energy poverty in the Member States. According to Commissioner Nicolas Schmit of Employment and Social Rights, millions of people …
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Expo 2020 kicks off: how sustainable is a worlds exhibition in the desert?
With blazing fireworks, light shows and world-renowned artists such as Andrea Bocelli and Ellie Goulding, the Expo 2020 in Dubai has erupted tonight, with a year’s …
Landlord tax crisis measure again under discussion: ‘The task is so big’
During the General Political Reflections today, there was much to do about the landlord levy. PvdA, GroenLinks and other parties want to abolish them. The VVD …
Climate policy funding trend break? Citizens will be relieved of costs
Climate policy funding shows a trend break that is beneficial to citizens and small businesses. For the first time, the extra billions the cabinet aligns to …
‘216 million climate refugees in 2050 if nothing changes’
The effects of climate change may have forced 216 million people in six regions of the world to move to another place in their country by 2050. The …
Ministries cut less meat advice from climate campaign
In 2019, the Ministries of Economic Affairs (EZ) and Agriculture (LNV) removed a call to eat less meat from a campaign aimed at making citizens climate aware. …
Citizens like solar panels, but subsidy pot is empty
Grant for local solar panel construction. Energy cooperatives can apply to the government and thus play an important role in the energy transition. But the number …
Criticism of “Most Sustainable Playing”, Japan remains plastic addicted
Athletes sleep on recycled cardboard beds, the 98 stages on which the winners receive their medals are made of recycled plastic and even the trash cans are …
Unconsciously Millionaire: German woman walked in his pocket with winning lottery ticket for weeks
A German woman has walked around for weeks with a winning lottery ticket without knowing it. And not just any winning fate. One that made her 33 …
Taliban resurrects in Afghanistan: ‘Never thought about sustainable solution’
At the end of June, twenty years of Dutch presence in Afghanistan officially ended. The Dutch troops withdrew as well as the soldiers of other NATO …
Agreement on new EU agricultural policy, many changes for farmers
After years of consultations, the European Union agreed today on the agricultural budget from 2023 to 2027, covering nearly EUR 400 billion, one third of the total EU budget. …
Is biomass for energy going to be captivated now? Can we do without it?
Is the end of biomass as an energy supply near? This week, demissionary Secretary of State Yesilgöz (Economic Affairs and Climate) decided not to grant …
Surinamese minister: ‘Every Surinamer knows someone with covid’
The pandemic grasps in Suriname very quickly. The number of infections is rapidly increasing and there is a lack of all kinds of medical supplies due …
EU comes up with green list for investors, decisions on gas and nuclear power pushed forward
What is sustainable? And what should a green label get? The European Commission has drawn up a list of green industries, also known as taxonomy. As …
EU agrees to reduce 55 percent CO2 emissions by 2030
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU Member States agreed last night on a new European climate law. It states that the European Union will be …
Battle for hydropower in Albanian River Vjosa, ‘end of unique ecosystem threatening’
In Albania, the environmental movement is fighting against plans to build a series of dams in a unique river and generate electricity using hydroelectric power stations. …
British agriculture wants to radically reform, and that can be done by Brexit
Since 1 January, the British have left the EU definitively, something which has not been done without a blow to trade. But there is also an effect …
Large polluters help to achieve climate targets, if the cabinet is keen
It sounds contradictory, but the industry with the largest CO2 emissions is helping the next cabinet to meet the climate targets in 2030. This morning, large companies …
Koeman gets confidence in Barcelona: ‘Ronald, the board will support you’
Joan Laporta has been officially appointed as the new president of FC Barcelona. The former lawyer addressed some attendees and also had nice words for trainer …
Agreement Climate agreement rental houses natural gas-free is not met
It has been a little less about it, but the rental sector has also agreed on a major task in the Climate Agreement. Housing corporations, heat …
Politics struggles with protests against windmills: ‘Only with support local residents’
Politics will only build wind turbines and solar parks on the land if there is also support for the local residents. The electoral programmes of the …
A nuclear power plant in Groningen? ‘We are not a drain pit of the Netherlands’
It seems excluded that a new nuclear power plant will be built in Groningen. In the RTL election debate, VVD leader Mark Rutte suggested that the …
Cabinet wants to be greenest ever, but eco-tuner sees especially unwillingness
The Rutte Cabinet had the ambition to become the greenest cabinet ever. However, in the Urgenda case, the judge has ripped the finger: the government needs …
‘The Hague must get away from the natural distrust of the agricultural sector’
Dairy farmer Alien Jalvingh prefers not to call himself a farmers wife. “Farmer is almost an epithet nowadays. That is a pity.”
Jalvingh believes that farmers …