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In the Netherlands, environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion closed the highway to The Hague to protest against fossil fuel subsidies

A massive mobilization. Activists from the environmental organization Extinction Rebellion spectacularly blocked a major highway crossing The Hague (Netherlands) on Saturday, September 14, to protest against billions of euros in Dutch subsidies for...

GreenLeft and Labor Party in the Netherlands deepen cooperation ahead of provincial elections

What progressive change can the alliance between the GreenLeft and the Labor Party bring to the Netherlands? In anticipation of the elections scheduled for March 15, the two political parties have decided to...

Netherlands: environmentalists denounce air pollution and block private jets at Amsterdam airport

Private jet traffic was disrupted this Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Several hundred Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion activists stormed the tarmac of an area of ​​the airport dedicated to...

KLM faces legal threat for “greenwashing”: Is sustainability possible in aviation?

Are airlines genuinely fuelling or mitigating the climate crisis? We evaluate the future of the industry now that all the attention is focused on aviation. Netherlands-based climate groups have accused KLM of "greenwashing". The...

Historic Win against Royal Dutch Shell

In an unprecedented ruling, a court in The Hague has decided to go against one of the biggest oil mastodons. The Royal Dutch Shell company, was taken to court on December 2020 by the Friends of...

Greens/EFA Commission Report on Maritime Spatial Planning

“2021 has the potential to be a significant year for our oceans”Grace O'Sullivan, European Green Party, Member of the European Parliament As 2021 marks the beginning of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and...

A Green New Deal for the Netherlands

Recently, Groenlinks, the Green Party of the Netherlands, proposed a Green New Deal. For the past thirty years, the Netherlands have tried to achieve certain climate goals, but it has never been successful. For example: The Dutch...
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