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Tata Steel Sustainability director Donald Pols.
Business
Environment group’s board resigns for not disclosing director’s pro-apartheid past
5 June 2026 - 13:11
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Tata Steel Sustainability director Donald Pols.
PoliticsBusiness
Tata Steel drops new Sustainability Chief Pols over pro-apartheid past in South Africa
2 June 2026 - 12:50
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A Shell fuel tanker truck
BusinessTechNature
New lawsuit against Shell as oil and gas giant takes step to increase fossil fuel mining
21 April 2026 - 10:20
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A yellow crop duster spraying pesticides on a field
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Netherlands still lacks permits for pesticides a year after Council of State ruling
13 February 2026 - 20:20
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch €2 billion Tata Steel sustainability deal sparks both support and criticism
21 December 2025 - 10:35
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Shell
Business
Both Shell and ING announce multi-billion share buybacks despite criticism
30 October 2025 - 12:25
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Offshore wind farm
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Possible D66 victory sparks optimism among environmental groups
30 October 2025 - 12:00
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The ceremonial briefcase traditionally used by the finance minister to carry the Dutch Cabinet's budget proposal to the Tweede Kamer on Prinsjesdag. 7 Sept. 2017
HealthPoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch leaders react sharply to King’s Budget Day speech, criticize caretaker cabinet
16 September 2025 - 14:30
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Aerial drone image of Terschelling and the Wadden sea on a summer day
PoliticsBusiness
Around 750 people protest gas drilling under Wadden sea in Holwerd
7 September 2025 - 13:55
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Shell
Business
Shell scraps plans for biofuel plant in Rotterdam
3 September 2025 - 13:40
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Wind turbines seen through the smoke and chimneys of oil refinery Pernis in Rotterdam
Politics
Climate goals for 2030 still far out of reach: study
8 June 2025 - 07:15
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Gasunie's nitrogen installation near the village of Zuidbroek in Groningen
PoliticsNature
Gov’t under fire for plans to halve nitrogen emissions by 2035 instead of 2030
24 April 2025 - 21:10
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A Shell fuel tanker truck
BusinessTechNature
Milieudefensie asks Supreme Court to order Shell to do more against climate change
12 February 2025 - 08:40
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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Environmental groups ask court to scrap Schiphol's nature permit
19 November 2024 - 16:10
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Shell
BusinessTechNature
Climate group can't force Shell to set and achieve CO2 reduction targets: Appeals Court
12 November 2024 - 09:15
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An airplane landing at the Polderbaan at Schiphol Airport in 2021
BusinessTechNature
Environment groups shocked by aviation pollution figures
15 April 2024 - 17:50
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Shell
Business
Appeal starts on whether Shell can be liable for customers' emissions
2 April 2024 - 09:56
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Shell
Business
Climate lawsuits are not a solution and harm the Dutch economy, Shell CEO says
24 March 2024 - 15:15
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ING Bank
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
ING CEO Sees Climate Approach as a Major, Complex Challenge
4 February 2024 - 07:45
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Planes at Schiphol Airport
PoliticsBusiness
"Unlikely" that Schiphol downsizing will happen in November, Minister says
25 January 2024 - 08:00
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ING Bank
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch activists sue ING: "Climate crisis banker" funds firms "that endanger our future"
19 January 2024 - 17:30
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Greenpeace protesting at Shell oil platforms in the North Sea, October 2019
BusinessTechNature
Shell Netherlands boss says environment activism lawsuits damage business climate
3 January 2024 - 08:52
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Schiphol Plaza/NS on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
PoliticsBusiness
Environmental organizations challenge Schiphol nature permit in court
9 December 2023 - 13:25
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PVV leader Geert Wilders speaking in parliament after Mark Rutte (VVD) announced he would leave politics after the collapse of his fourth Cabinet, 10 July 2023
Politics
Groups of Muslims, Moroccans and climate activists worried about PVV victory
22 November 2023 - 23:50
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