Leave the Wadden area alone. Give the seals and other animals that live there space. Don’t drill for gas | opinion

Minister Sophie Hermans (Climate and Green Growth) has postponed her decision on gas extraction under the Wadden Sea, near Ternaard. She will continue discussions with NAM for another six months ‘with the intention of preventing gas extraction’. Frank Petersen argues why new natural gas drilling would be bad news for several reasons.

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