nitrogen

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High water levels led to some flooded areas in Lathum, Gelderland, which is bordered by the IJssel River. 6 January 2024
TechNature
Biodiversity recovery in Dutch fresh water turning back into decline
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King Willem-Alexander with the Jetten I Cabinet after swearing in the new Ministers and State Secretaries on 23 February 2026
Politics
Lack of results sends confidence in Jetten I Cabinet plummeting after 100 days in office
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Lelystad Airport, 5 November 2025
BusinessTechNature
Commercial flights from Lelystad Airport will take another decade, experts think
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Heathland in the National Park Hoge Veluwe.
TechNature
NL again not doing enough to protect nature; Achieving nitrogen target "highly unlikely"
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
PoliticsBusiness
Quarter of municipalities' housing construction plans never broke ground
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Sunset with the blue hour in Katwijk aan Zee with walking path from the dunes to the boulevard, 11 June 2022
Business
Katwijk council overjoyed and concerned by arrival of $3 bil. Eli Lilly factory
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Heathland in the National Park Hoge Veluwe.
PoliticsTechNature
New Dutch government facing massive nature conservation task after recent years' neglect
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Jesse Klaver
Politics
"Fundamental change of course" needed before GL-PvdA will support Cabinet's welfare cuts
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D66 leader Rob Jetten
Politics
New Cabinet to increase healthcare deductible, keep mortgage interest reduction
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
PoliticsTechNature
Farm buyout scheme could have been €1.5 billion cheaper and 3x more effective
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusiness
Zeeland approves €20 million nitrogen plan, seeks national support
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch provinces call for nature protections ahead of nitrogen permit change
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Houing construction in Amsterdam's Houthaven neighbourhood with construction tools in the foreground and homes in scaffolding in the back. 31 August 2019
PoliticsBusiness
Plans for 500,000 homes at risk of delay due to nitrogen and grid constraints
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch cabinet plans higher nitrogen limit in 2026, pending legal review
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Engineers on a construction site
PoliticsBusiness
GroenLinks-PvdA unveils €36.6 billion plan to build 100,000 homes a year
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
"Government inaction" has worsened housing and climate crises, says think tank
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A crowded Leidsestraat in Amsterdam
Politics
Dutch less worried about their finances, most pessimistic about the future
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Zuidas, the financial and business district in the south of Amsterdam
Business
Political chaos damaging Dutch business climate
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Nitrogen emissions crisis threatens one in five Dutch businesses
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Construction site
PoliticsBusiness
Experts push plan to end Dutch housing deadlock, call for looser nitrogen limits
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Nijmegen railway bridge
Business
CEO of construction firm Heijmans calls for more government investment in infrastructure
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Pigs at a meat plant
BusinessTechNature
Livestock numbers falling; Less than 10 million pigs for first time in 45 years
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Nitrogen-caused nature and health damage costing Dutch economy €14 billion per year
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A woman enters a polling station in Amsterdam to vote in the European Parliament election on 6 June 2024.
Politics
New electoral system, cannabis experiment declared too controversial for fallen Cabinet