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air quality

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Wood burning fireplace with glass door
HealthBusiness
Household wood smoke leaves 1.2 million Dutch with lung conditions struggling to breathe
14 September 2025 - 14:45
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
PoliticsTechNature
Stricter air quality rules hindering housing construction, provinces, municipalities say
6 March 2025 - 13:40
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A map showing the environmental zones taking effect in Amsterdam on 1 January 2025. The green is an emission-free zone for all commercial vehicles and vans, the red bans the most polluting diesel engines
BusinessTechNature
Amsterdam to ban company vehicles & trucks with combustion engines from city center
24 June 2024 - 09:45
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
CultureEntertainment
Over 120,000 viewed Rotterdam and Amsterdam fireworks shows; Tilburg event tonight
1 January 2024 - 12:08
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Scooters parked on Dam Square in Amsterdam
PoliticsNature
Amsterdam to ban polluting traffic in large parts of the city from 2025
7 June 2023 - 07:33
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Fireworks set off on New Year’s Day explode in front of clouds of smoke in Amsterdam. 1 January 2023
Health
Vlaardingen surpassed The Hague for worst air quality on New Year’s
1 January 2023 - 13:20
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Air-pollution
HealthNature
Clean-air measures to increase NL residents' lifespan by 3.5 months in 2030
14 March 2022 - 20:40
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Wind turbines
BusinessTechNature
Dutch companies doubled their green investments
20 October 2021 - 19:00
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Helicopter view of Groningen
Nature
Groningen has cleanest air of Dutch cities; A'dam most polluted
17 June 2021 - 08:51
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Emissions in traffic
NatureHealth
Air pollution prompted dozens of Dutch to move
4 October 2019 - 07:38
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Traffic in the rain
BusinessNatureHealth
Randstad residents three times more likely to get sick from pollution: report
6 September 2019 - 08:08
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Haze_in_Jinan_01
Nature
Smog warning issued for entire Netherlands
7 August 2018 - 07:31
PoliticsNature
Gov't pushes €10 mil. into improving air quality in Dutch cities
25 June 2018 - 14:30
PoliticsNature
Rotterdam allowed to ban old petrol cars from city center, Council of State rules
7 June 2018 - 09:26
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Easter bonfire
NatureHealth
More particulate matter in Netherlands air due to Easter bonfires
2 April 2018 - 15:50
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Air-pollution
PoliticsNatureHealth
Netherlands to take extra measures to improve air quality
26 March 2018 - 09:34
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Air_pollution_smoke_rising_from_plant_tower
NatureHealth
Netherlands will only meet WHO clean air standards in 2030: Health Council
23 January 2018 - 13:00
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Air-pollution
NatureHealth
Environmental group loses cleaner-air lawsuit against Dutch State
27 December 2017 - 14:30
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Nature
Vondelpark only Amsterdam area that meets WHO clean air standards
24 November 2017 - 12:50
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Air-pollution
Nature
Environmental group recruits "air guards" to force local governments to improve air quality
6 November 2017 - 13:50
Nature
Arnhem to ban old diesel cars from city center
26 October 2017 - 11:30
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Air-pollution
NatureHealth
Concerns raised over Gelderland air quality; two babies per year die from breathing dirty air
18 September 2017 - 10:36
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Air-pollution
Nature
Environmental group demands anti-air pollution measures in Dutch court
23 August 2017 - 11:30
NatureHealth
Scooter emissions bad for cyclists' health: public health study
7 March 2017 - 16:10
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