Etiket: Environmental
Car holiday becomes an obstacle course: more and more environmental zones and toll roads in Europe | Car
A blanket of environmental zones, toll roads and nature areas protected from tourists will hinder the flow of holiday traffic more than ever this summer. The unification of Europe is…
Are you also going on holiday with a car this summer? Your windscreen will soon be full of mandatory environmental stickers
Environmental zones have been set up in several European cities and countries to improve air quality. In these zones, restrictions apply to vehicles depending on their environmental performance. The more…
‘Environmental contribution’ during Thursday Meppel Day: visitor pays a one-off extra half coin for consumption (for purchasing a deposit cup)
During the upcoming edition of Thursday Meppel Day (DMD), the visitor pays an environmental contribution with consumptions. If you always use the same plastic cup, the contribution remains one-off. The…
Four wealthy American environmental groups support Biden’s re-election
Four major US environmental groups known for spending a lot of money on US election campaigns have supported the re-election of President Joe Biden. These are the League of Conservation…
RUD: ‘Additional costs for environmental law do not come out of the blue’
The government always says that the transition to the new environmental law can be introduced budget-neutral (for the same money as now, ed.). But according to Heidekamp and Meijer, that…
Criticism of environmental service RUD is growing again: ‘Rudderless ship’
Several municipalities are again critical of the Drenthe Regional Implementation Service (RUD). The RUD was established in 2014 to carry out environmental tasks for the twelve Drenthe municipalities and province.…
Why the breaking of the dam in Ukraine is also a major environmental disaster | Dam destroyed in Ukraine
“This is Europe’s biggest man-made environmental disaster in decades,” Ukrainian President Zelensky said yesterday after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Due to the massive flooding, nature reserves are…
The dam burst in Ukraine is a huge environmental disaster – is it also an ‘ecocide’?
The biggest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in recent decades, is what President Volodymyr Zelensky called the destruction of the dam on the Dnipro River. If Russia is responsible for…
Environmental extremists occupy trees in Wuhlheide
By Sabine Klier Around 50 self-proclaimed environmentalists have occupied trees in Wuhlheide. They are protesting against the planned new road construction, which is intended to relieve the pressure on Köpenicker…
Provincial Council: events must not fall victim to nitrogen and environmental regulations
Member of Parliament Wenda Bolhuis (BBB), one of the people who submitted the questions, believes that the province should take responsibility for keeping these events going. “It’s about a piece…