PM's commission on combating nitrogen fails to meet deadline

Nitrogen emissions threaten construction of 244,000 new homes

More than one-third of the new homes scheduled to be built in the Netherlands by 2030 may not be realised because of nitrogen-based pollution rules, according to Dutch construction lobby group Bouwend Nederland. Last December, the Council of State also halted the practice of offsetting nitrogen emissions against each other to allow construction without a pollution permit. “It is bizarre, …

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2 weeks ago

Over a third of housing construction projects at risk over nitrogen emissions standards

NL Times

The recent court rulings over nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands put over a third of the planned housing construction projects at risk. Bouwend Nederland found that of the 631,000 homes planned for construction until 2030, 244,000 are at risk of being halted due to the nitrogen emission standards. “It affects 138 billion euros in investments,” Bouwend Nederland chairman Arno Visser …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Cabinet defence crisis talks to continue on Thursday evening

Dutch News

Crisis talks between prime minister Dick Schoof and the leaders of the four coalition parties are due to continue on Thursday evening following the vote by the PVV, BBB, and NSC not to back the EU’s €800 billion defense plan. Schoof had given his tacit approval to the plan last week when it was announced by European Commission president Ursula …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Council of State warns Wiersma over plans for unlicensed farmers

Dutch News

The Council of State has told agriculture minister Femke Wiersma to rethink her plans to help farmers who have been operating without a licence since the last government’s nature permit regime was outlawed. Wiersma had proposed giving a further three-year amnesty to so-called “PAS-melders”, businesses who were caught out when the administrative court threw out the previous system for regulating …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Stricter air quality rules hindering housing construction, provinces, municipalities say

NL Times

Stricter European standards for clean air could bring housing construction in urban areas and regions with a lot of industry or livestock farms to a standstill, municipalities and provinces warn. From 2030, provinces and municipalities are expected to take action if air pollution threatens to become too bad. The Interprovincial Consultation and the Association of Dutch Municipalities, therefore, want the …

Air

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Brussels finds shortcomings in Schiphol flight reduction plan

Dutch News

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had no major objections to the cabinet’s plans to cut flights at Schiphol Airport from a maximum of 500,000 to 478,000 but said it had “identified some shortcomings” in the proposals. The plan only focuses on noise created by commercial aviation, the commission said, even though private and medical aviation also contribute to …

Noise Pollution Commission Schiphol

1 month, 1 week ago

Wiersma under fire as experts query plan to ease nitrogen limits

Dutch News

Scientists have called into question agriculture minister Femke Wiersma’s plans to break the deadlock over nitrogen compound emissions by raising the pollution limit by a factor of 200. Green light The minister from the farmers’ party BBB said she had commissioned a study by University College London professor Arthur Petersen that showed the limit could be safely raised from 0.005 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch health institute: Agriculture Min.'s nitrogen claims are not scientifically proven

NL Times

The Netherlands’ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has rejected Agriculture Minister Wiersma’s claim that her proposal to relax nitrogen regulations is scientifically supported. The controversy centers on Wiersma’s plan to raise the "mathematical threshold" for nitrogen emissions, which would make it easier for businesses to expand and for housing and infrastructure projects to proceed. RIVM, which has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch Minister of Agriculture proposes loosening nitrogen emissions limits

NL Times

The Dutch government is considering easing nitrogen emissions limits as it scrambles to prevent economic paralysis caused by strict environmental regulations. Those exceeding limits could adopt measures such as improved stable systems, alternative feed, or purchasing additional emissions rights without increasing livestock numbers. "This must happen soon, but carefully," Wiersma said, stressing the need for legally sound policies. Another proposal …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

MP's agree to cut noise pollution around Schiphol by only 15%

NL Times

A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, have supported the government’s plan to not shrink Schiphol too quickly and only reduce noise pollution by 15 percent. Late last year, the Tweede Kamer still adopted an NSC motion calling on the government to reduce noise pollution by 17 percent. Minister Barry Madlener of Infrastructure said …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Council of States ruling could be trouble for farmers buy-out scheme

NL Times

Dutch farmers hoping to leave the industry may face setbacks after a recent ruling by the Raad van State regarding nitrogen emissions. The ruling, which mandates that farmers, businesses, and construction companies applying for changes must secure new nitrogen permits, has raised concerns that the country's "exit program" for farmers may be jeopardized. However, the recent Council of State ruling …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: What do farmers want?

The Hindu

Considering the ten earlier Budgets of the BJP-led government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is nothing much that the farmers and agricultural workers of India can expect from the coming Union Budget 2025 except more vicious attacks on their livelihood, made under the smokescreen of high-sounding phrases about their welfare. The NPFAM aims to smuggle in through the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

How climate change is keeping millions of kids out of school

The Hindu

How climate change is keeping millions of kids out of school The United Kingdom’s Climate and Nature Bill, which would have made its climate commitments legally binding, fell through in Parliament last week. Apart from demanding that the UK mandatorily achieve its climate and nature targets, the Bill also required the Secretary of State to implement a strategy to achieve …

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2 months ago

Budget 2025: Nirmala Sitharaman likely to make announcement for National Mission on Natural Farming

India TV News

The Union Budget for financial year 2025-26 is scheduled to be presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2025. "The Union Cabinet approved the National Mission on Natural Farming on 25.11.2024 as a standalone Centrally What is the National Mission on Natural Farming? The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the launching of …

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2 months ago

Dutch government ordered to drastically cut nitrogen emissions by court

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Dutch government has been ordered to drastically cut nitrogen emissions by 2030 in a …

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2 months ago

Dutch government considers appeal after losing nitrogen case

Dutch News

Wednesday’s court ruling ordering the Dutch state to take action to reduce nitrogen-based pollution immediately is “not the verdict I had hoped for,” farm minister Femke Wiersma said in a short statement. In particular, they say, the minister’s plans to focus on innovation to reduce nitrogen pollution, a different approach to nature management and a voluntary buy-out scheme for farmers, …

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2 months ago

Dutch court orders government to meet pollution reduction targets or face millions in fines

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the country’s government to meet its own goals for reducing overall nitrogen emissions by 2030, a decision that could have major economic and political consequences. The District Court of The Hague criticized the government’s lack of plans to address the pollution crisis and said that within five years, half the …

Dutch Court Orders Nitrogen

2 months ago

Court tells Dutch state to slash nitrogen pollution by 2030

Dutch News

Judges have ordered the Dutch state to take action to reduce nitrogen-based pollution in the country’s most vulnerable habitats or face a fine of €10 million in 2030. “The court will, therefore, rule that the state is acting unlawfully towards Greenpeace… There are areas where a decline in nitrogen deposits is most urgent from an ecological point of view.” Greenpeace …

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2 months ago

Greenpeace wins: Court orders Dutch State to take more action against nitrogen in nature

NL Times

The State must take more measures to reduce the deposition of nitrogen in nature, the court in The Hague ruled on Wednesday in a case brought by Greenpeace against the Dutch government. The State must ensure that no more nitrogen is deposited on half of the nitrogen-sensitive nature than the area can handle by 31 December 2030, as is laid …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

MCD used only 30 per cent of funds for clean air over 4 years: Minister Bhupender Yadav

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The MCD has utilised only 30% of the Rs 42.69 crore allocated by the Central government for improving air quality in the capital over the past four financial years, Parliament was informed on Monday. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, in a written response to a Lok Sabha query, revealed that between 2019-20 and 2024-25, Rs 42.69 crore was …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre committed to sustainable agriculture by promoting efficient fertilizer usage: Minister Anupriya Patel

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The union government has been advocating efficient usage of fertilizer to minimize environmental impact amid demand from the fertilizers' industry body to fix the price of fertilizers based on its nutritional values. The Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ms. Anupriya Patel reaffirmed the government’s commitment to sustainability in agriculture. “The government has been working to …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam govt bans serving, consumption of beef in public places

Deccan Chronicle

Informing that his government took note of recent charges of Assam Congress leaders who recently accused him of serving beef to woo Muslim voters to win byelections, the chief minister said, “We decided to ban the serving and consumption of beef completely in public places to end the controversy. We hope that Congress party will also support us in this …

Beef

3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets on cutting production

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Draft text for binding plastic pollution treaty released

Hindustan Times

Negotiators released a draft text on Friday for an international legally binding treaty to combat plastic pollution, though key issues remain unresolved as talks entered their final stages. The draft’s objective states it aims to “end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment,” though disagreement persists over whether to include the full lifecycle of plastics from production to disposal. Definitions …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The letter co-ordinated by Nature4Climate said an agreement that does not adequately recognise nature’s role in climate action “risks …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby

Al Jazeera

Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks. “It’s like tobacco lobbyists at a conference on lung cancer,” David Tong from campaign group Oil Change International told the AFP news agency. “It’s unfortunate that the fossil fuel industry and the petrostates have seized control of the COP process to an unhealthy …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

An update on the COP29 Climate Change Conference

NPR

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Starmer pledges 81% emissions cut but won’t ‘tell people how to run their lives’

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Greenpeace takes Dutch state to court over nitrogen failings

Dutch News

Greenpeace and the Dutch state will face each other in court on Tuesday afternoon with the campaign group arguing the Netherlands is not doing enough to protect the natural environment from the impact of excessive nitrogen. The case is a “last chance to save the most vulnerable habitats because if nitrogen emissions don’t go down, we risk losing unique plants …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

New housebuilding held back by rapid rise of factory farms that pollute rivers, study finds

The Independent

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5 months ago

Environmentalists, traditional owners flag concerns about Northern Territory's 'dangerous' environmental law change

ABC

Environmentalists and traditional owners have voiced concern about a "dangerous" and "unprecedented" move they say would hand the Northern Territory's chief minister "extraordinary powers" to sidestep environmental approvals. Proposal branded an 'embarrassment, nationally and internationally' Kirsty Howey from the Environment Centre NT said the proposal would give Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro — who currently also holds the role of Territory …

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Kern County Approves Carbon Capture Project, a Major Step Towards California's First Climate Solution

Associated Press

Kern County, California, has approved a major step toward its first effort to bury climate-warming gases underground. The project, called Carbon Terra Vault, will capture millions of tons of carbon dioxide from a sprawling oil and gas field and inject it into the ground. This is part of a broader effort by the oil and gas industry to remain viable …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour has been sucked in by the carbon capture ‘con’

The Independent

Labour’s decision to spend £22bn on carbon capture and storage is the first major misstep from a government many of us in the global South had hoped would bring climate action and credibility to the world stage. Carbon capture and storage – in which carbon emissions from coal, oil and gas plants are captured and buried underground for eternity – …

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Fears environmental policy debate taking the backseat to other issues ahead of Queensland election

ABC

In a year dominated by youth crime and the cost of living, environmental policy debate has been given little air time ahead of the October Queensland election. Ms Holland said she's not "anti-renewables", but feels there isn't enough thought behind Queensland's shift away from fossil fuels. "It's just the lack of planning behind the multitude of renewable energy projects proposed …

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6 months ago

Conference motion on winter fuel payment ‘doesn’t dictate’ policy – Starmer

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Farm minister's nitrogen plans will involve major livestock cuts

Dutch News

Farm minister Femke Wiersma is set to publish her plans to cut the Dutch manure mountain on Friday, and it will include major cuts to the number of dairy cows, and possibly pigs and chickens, the Telegraaf said on Thursday, quoting sources in The Hague. Wiersma, a minister on behalf of the pro-farming party BBB, will discuss the plans with …

Farmers Farm Manure

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Farm minister's nitrogen plans will involve major livestock cuts

Dutch News

Farm minister Femke Wiersma is set to publish her plans to cut the Dutch manure mountain on Friday, and it will include major cuts to the number of dairy cows, and possibly pigs and chickens, the Telegraaf said on Thursday, quoting sources in The Hague. Wiersma, a minister on behalf of the pro-farming party BBB, will discuss the plans with …

Farmers Farm Manure

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nature bill talks have reached the 'final' stage as the federal government mulls a withdrawal

ABC

The federal government's signature nature protection reforms are on the cusp of collapsing with Labor increasingly ready to walk away if it cannot do a deal with the Coalition, judging an alternative Greens-backed plan would be too politically damaging in Western Australia. As the major parties continued tense negotiations with the government, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek declared talks over a …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi govt seeks suggestions from all parties on winter pollution plan

Hindustan Times

New Delhi The Capital enveloped in smog during winter over the previous years. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday sought suggestions from Delhi units of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress on suggestions to reduce air pollution in the Capital, especially during winter. In a letter to the chiefs of the two parties’ city units, Rai said that cooperation with …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi govt mulls remote work to cut down winter pollution

Hindustan Times

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Thursday held a review meeting with experts to devise a winter action plan on air pollution, to check high pollution levels during the colder months. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Thursday holds a review meeting with experts to devise a winter action plan on air pollution. The suggestions will be incorporated in this …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

New NT gas projects could raise emissions up to 150 per cent, newly-obtained report reveals

ABC

A government-commissioned report has called into question assurances by both sides of Northern Territory politics that they can expand the NT's gas industry while ensuring targets of net zero emissions by 2050 are met. It said even with no new projects, an increasing amount of greenhouse gas coming from Darwin's two existing gas plants was expected to increase the NT's …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Prep underway to mitigate winter pollution, says Delhi minister Gopal Rai

Hindustan Times

New Delhi School students hold a protest over deteriorating air quality in the Capital. The Delhi government has already started preparations to tackle pollution in the upcoming winter season, Delhi’s environment minister Gopal Rai said, after holding a meeting with officials of the environment department, Delhi Pollution Control Board and development department. Rai said they discussed focal points to control …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress slams government over ‘rapidly deteriorating air quality nationally’

The Hindu

The Congress on Thursday, August 1, 2024, slammed the Centre over the issue of “deteriorating air quality”, alleging that the government denies there is a real problem, underfunds programmes targeted at mitigating pollution and fails to utilise the resources that it allocates towards this. Congress general secretary in-charge, Jairam Ramesh said that among the lesser-known tragedies of PM Modi’s reign …

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COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal

Hindustan Times

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EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after the November election

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules to curb emissions from existing natural gas plants that release harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming. “As EPA works towards final standards to cut climate pollution from existing coal and new gas-fired power plants later this spring, the agency is taking a new, comprehensive approach …

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Hard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse

Associated Press

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Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency assessment. “It’s really worrying that we are clearly not meeting the goals that we’ve set for ourselves,” said Olivia Dorothy, director …

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PM's commission on combating nitrogen fails to meet deadline

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