Water Crisis Looming: Dutch Natural Areas Deteriorating Dramatically, Ecological Authority Warns

Water Crisis Looming: Dutch Natural Areas Deteriorating Dramatically, Ecological Authority Warns

Jan 27, 2024 at 5:14 am Nitrogen crisis? Another such crisis is coming: the water crisis. In 2027, our rivers, lakes and ditches must meet requirements that will probably not be met. “This will have at least as much impact on permits as nitrogen,” the Ecological Authority warns. The Ecological Authority issued this warning on … Read more

COA Ordered to Reduce Asylum Seeker Numbers in Ter Apel or Face 1.5M Euro Penalty

COA Ordered to Reduce Asylum Seeker Numbers in Ter Apel or Face 1.5M Euro Penalty

By Job van der Plicht and Sanne Oving Jan 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM Update: 8 minutes ago The COA must ensure that within four weeks there will be fewer than two thousand people staying in the registration center in Ter Apel. The municipality of Westerwolde, which includes Ter Apel, receives 15,000 euros for every … Read more

Police Warn of Zero Chance for Successful New Year’s Eve, Expecting Injuries and Damage

Police Warn of Zero Chance for Successful New Year’s Eve, Expecting Injuries and Damage

31 dec 2023 om 05:15 The chance that New Year’s Eve will be a “successful” is zero. This is what the police told NU.nl. She already knows that officers are going to get hurt. “That’s terrible and unpalatable.” No major incidents. No children are victims of fireworks. And no officers with hearing damage or other … Read more

Chemours PFAS Factory Faces Fines and Potential Closure Over Harmful Chemical Discharge

Chemours PFAS Factory Faces Fines and Potential Closure Over Harmful Chemical Discharge

Dec 19, 2023 at 1:26 PM Update: 2 hours ago Chemours says it was not aware that harmful PFAs were created in the chemical factory. The substance TFA was discovered in the factory’s wastewater in May. If the substance is found again, Chemours will be fined. The factory in Dordrecht objected to the threatened fine … Read more

Concerns and Questions about PFAS Emissions in Chemours, Dordrecht, Netherlands: What Do We Know?

Concerns and Questions about PFAS Emissions in Chemours, Dordrecht, Netherlands: What Do We Know?

How many vegetables can we eat from the vegetable garden? And is the environment healthy for our children? Such questions arise among residents of Chemours in Dordrecht. There is often no clear answer. Too much is still unclear for that. In brief Residents living near Chemours in Dordrecht are concerned about possible health effects of … Read more