Climate, nature and farming
Climate policy, nitrogen, farmers, nature reserves, water and the Wadden Sea, weather extremes, animals.
Stories on climate, nature and farming
- Gas extraction under the Wadden Sea could have to stop by 2029 or 2030 in the worst case
- KNMI to issue local code yellow, orange and red warnings from 2 November
- King and farming minister visit Overijssel nature area on 21 October
- One-way shipping returns to the Boven-IJssel; water to keep falling
- Cabinet to ban dolphin breeding in two years; 22 dolphins can stay in Harderwijk
- Farmers' groups present own nitrogen plan; minister Van Essen rejects it
- Mild, cloudy Tuesday with highs near 19 degrees in Rijnmond
- Government and provinces add €100 million for nature management in 2027
- Dutch provinces have planted about 4,000 hectares of the 37,000-hectare forest target
- Wadden Sea gas subsidence stayed within limits in 2025; MP questions margins
- Court orders state secretary to reassess enforcement of pig tail docking ban at three farms
- Lauwersoog seal centre faces bankruptcy within two weeks after province refuses to help
- Last summer's drought cost Dutch water boards millions of euros
- Erkens wants tougher action against zoos that lag on animal welfare
- Green gas blending duty for gas suppliers moves a step closer
- Minister Karremans: no plans to close parts of Wadden islands for good
- Rotterdam port can leave nitrogen lock if dune nature is restored
- Rotterdam port permits could partly resume in 2027 after €50 million for nature
- Land managers keep honeybees out of nature reserves to protect wild bees
- At least 56 wolf pups born in the Netherlands this year
- Wednesday is the last mild day before temperatures drop
- Cabinet wants hybrid heat pump required for many boiler replacements from 2029