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Articles for Nitrogen Emissions

Greenpeace takes Dutch state to court over nitrogen failings
1 month, 1 week 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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Netherlands promises stricter nitrogen rules as nature continues to deteriorate
1 year, 3 months ago

Netherlands promises stricter nitrogen rules as nature continues to deteriorate

NL Times  

In the coming years, nitrogen standards will become stricter than they are now, reports the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality after research by the Wageningen University & Research. Farmers action group: Stricter rules “unfeasible” and “rigid” The farmers’ action group Agractie maintains that the Netherlands’ focus on nitrogen “leads to a standstill” and “does nothing” for nature. PAS …

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Cabinet advances plan to address nitrogen issue; No clarity over 600 biggest polluters
2 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet advances plan to address nitrogen issue; No clarity over 600 biggest polluters

NL Times  

The Cabinet is going to adopt many of the recommendations about how to tackle nitrogen emissions which were put forward by Johan Remkes, the former interior minister who led talks between the current Cabinet and representatives of the farming and agriculture sectors. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema and Nitrogen Minister Christianne van der Wal announced the update on Friday. "The one-year …

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Netherlands' nitrogen targets must be higher: international scientists
2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands' nitrogen targets must be higher: international scientists

NL Times  

Some protected nature reserves in the Netherlands are even more affected by nitrogen than previously thought, NOS reports based on a report by international scientists that will be published later this month. This means that the Netherlands will have to decrease nitrogen emissions even more to achieve its goal of having 74 percent of nature reserves protected from these emissions …

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Cabinet stands firm on 50% nitrogen emissions reduction by 2030
2 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet stands firm on 50% nitrogen emissions reduction by 2030

NL Times  

The government’s goal to halve nitrogen emissions between now and 2030 is not up for discussion. He said the conversation started “a bit difficult, but it cleared up very quickly.” Remkes said that he intends to “start saying sensible things” in the second half of September. The Cabinet also did not ask Agractie to apologize, Kemp said “We always said …

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Water boards to advocate linking water quality targets to nitrogen plan
2 years, 4 months ago

Water boards to advocate linking water quality targets to nitrogen plan

NL Times  

The Union of Water Boards will suggest the Cabinet link the nitrogen problems to water quality targets on Monday. Other provinces also advocate tackling all problems in one fell swoop: water quality, drought, climate change and nitrogen emissions. The IPO says that the previously published nitrogen plan remains the starting point for tackling the nitrogen crisis. "It is possible that …

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Traffic expected as farmers protest against Dutch nitrogen policy
3 years, 5 months ago

Traffic expected as farmers protest against Dutch nitrogen policy

NL Times  

After a six months long break, farmers in the Netherlands are again protesting against the government's plans to reduce nitrogen emissions in the country. The Dutch government needs to reduce nitrogen emissions in order to create room for new construction after the Council of State declared the cabinet's Nitrogen Approach Program invalid in 2019. One such report from the Netherlands' …

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Farmers won’t be forced to change animal feed in emissions debate: report
4 years, 4 months ago

Farmers won’t be forced to change animal feed in emissions debate: report

NL Times  

Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten decided to scrap a measures that would ban farmers from adding extra proteins to animal feed, in an attempt to reduce nitrogen emissions, sources in The Hague told newspaper AD. The government is now looking for other ways to reduce nitrogen emissions, to create room for construction projects. This means that the government must now find …

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