Tag: Wadden
Warning for heavy wind gusts in North Holland and Wadden area | Domestic
24 mins agoin Domestic DE BILT – The KNMI has issued a code yellow for North Holland and the Wadden area. Heavy wind gusts may occur in North Holland and…
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…
Cabinet postpones decision on gas extraction under the Wadden Sea
The government has postponed the decision on new gas extraction under the Wadden Sea. This was agreed in the Council of Ministers on Friday. The cabinet wants to “talk” with…
No new gas extraction in the Wadden Sea, Tjeerd de Groot (D66) now wants to put it into law
D66 member Tjeerd de Groot wants to stipulate in law that there will be no new gas drilling in the Wadden Sea, such as in Ternaard. In a parliamentary debate…
Who finances the lubrication pipe to the Wadden Sea? Companies cannot reach an agreement, so Groningen and Drenthe residents pay
Residents of Groningen and Drenthe have been paying for discharges of polluted water in the Wadden area for years. Residents of the Hunze and Aa’s water board appear to be…
Fishermen in protest: Wadden association wants shrimp fishing to no longer be tolerated
The shrimp fishermen from Den Oever are so angry with the Wadden Association that they are going to take action tomorrow. The Wadden Club has filed a lawsuit to no…
Outdoorsman Jorien Bakker from Groningen is fighting for the Wadden Sea: ‘We are facing a crucial year. It can go both ways’
Jorien Bakker is committed to the Wadden area for Natuurmonumenten. “2024 will be a crucial year. It can go both ways.” “Haha, fantastic,” screams Jorien Bakker when she steps off…
Majority of the House of Representatives does not speak out against gas extraction under the Wadden Sea near Ternaard, forming parties have divided votes
A sensitive blow for the fighters against the gas extraction plans of the NAM under the Wadden Sea near Ternaard. They received no support from a parliamentary majority. In an…
Piece of ‘Wadden Sea’ in the polder: SOS Dolfijn builds grounds for porpoises and seals
This autumn you can go onto the mudflats in the polder. Whale sanctuary SOS Dolfijn is building a dune-like outdoor area at the Hoenderdaell zoo in Anna Paulowna, where porpoises,…
Bizarre, matted slippers have been washing up en masse on the Wadden Islands for weeks: ‘Very special’
Clinging, still living slippers have been washing up on the beaches of the Wadden Islands for weeks in a row. “Very special, but not worrying,” says professor David Thieltges, who…