Etiket: Nitrogen
VVD members turn against the cabinet’s nitrogen plans: ‘Mark Rutte has been there too long’ Inland
“I am sad, angry and disappointed,” said former MP Helma Lodders earlier in the day. “We were a party for entrepreneurs, proud of people. I’ve lost that feeling.” She hopes…
Nature and Environment Federation Drenthe: ‘Nitrogen task is tough, but necessary’
Nature and Environment Federation Drenthe (NFMD) understands the government’s approach to nitrogen. Yesterday it was announced that nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands must be drastically reduced. At the edges of…
Nitrogen expert: ‘The longer you wait with measures, the more resistance’ | NOW
Professor of Environment and Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman of Leiden University is predominantly positive about the nitrogen plans presented by the cabinet on Friday. He expects strong opposition from some…
‘Nitrogen approach measures are a socio-economic disaster’ | 1Limburg
The measures presented by the cabinet to reduce nitrogen emissions are not a solution, according to chairman of the Limburg Agricultural and Horticultural Association (LLTB) Léon Faassen. “All those billions…
No nitrogen problem with Klaas machine: ‘There’s more going on here’
Klaas de Boer from Opperdoes has been working with the answer to the nitrogen problem since 2019; his machine filters ammonia from the air. Several parties, representatives of provinces and…
Children learn about Vogelenzang beach plain that is under pressure due to nitrogen policy
Precisely on the day that the central government announces that nitrogen emissions in the areas surrounding the Natura 2000 areas in our province must be reduced by 70 percent, children…
Groningen deputy Johan Hamster moderately positive about the cabinet’s nitrogen plans: “Hopefully this will help the Netherlands out of the trap”
Thrilling, but hopefully also liberating. The Groningen deputy Johan Hamster (ChristenUnie) hopes that the nitrogen plans of the cabinet will unlock the Netherlands. Henk Staghouwer, Minister of Agriculture and the…
Livestock farmer is ‘deadly unhappy with nitrogen plans’
“Terrible. Madness”. Livestock farmer Ad Baltus from Zuidschermer is short of superlatives after his first look at the nitrogen plans from The Hague. There are also areas in North Holland…
ZLTO wants the province to stop nitrogen plans
The ZLTO wants the province to oppose the cabinet decision to drastically reduce nitrogen emissions. “Otherwise farmers have no chance of survival,” says Wim Bens, chairman of agricultural and horticultural…
Nitrogen crisis: Farmers Defense Force warns of major farmer actions
The government’s goals for a drastic reduction in nitrogen emissions represent an “unrealistic clear-cut”. Agricultural and horticultural organization LTO Nederland has announced this. Minister Christianne van der Wal (Nature and…