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environmental damage

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Steel slag
HealthPoliticsTechNature
Dutch government forbids municipalities from restricting use of hazardous steel slag
6 March 2026 - 12:00
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Steel slag
HealthBusinessTechNature
Hazardous steel slag present in at least 216 locations; Twice as many as expected
8 October 2025 - 11:11
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A scientist taking a soil sample
HealthBusinessTechNature
Dozens of Dutch companies refusing PFAS investigators access to their premises
9 July 2025 - 09:46
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Greenhouse gas emissions
HealthBusiness
Dutch industry annually causes around €7 billion in climate and health damage: study
27 April 2025 - 07:15
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
HealthBusinessNature
Intensive Dutch livestock farming causes €9 billion in health, climate damage per year
24 July 2023 - 12:20
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
Politics
No arrests after turbulent action by climate activists at Tata Steel
25 June 2023 - 10:00
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
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XR activists join Greenpeace climate action at Tata Steel, chain themselves to railroad line
24 June 2023 - 15:25
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
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Greenpeace climate activists enter Tata Steel site despite emergency decree
24 June 2023 - 09:30
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Shell
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Shell demands compensation after Greenpeace action on oil platform
12 February 2023 - 10:50
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Hundreds of swans covered in oil after a spill in the Derde Petroleum port in Rotterdam, 24 June 2018
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Investigation launched into Rotterdam oil spill
5 July 2018 - 10:40
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Football
Nature
Rubber granules in artificial turf harmful to environment
4 July 2018 - 11:40
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Air-pollution
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Environmental damage costs Netherlands €31 billion annually
22 June 2018 - 11:30
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Shell Refueller
Business
Nigeria wants to help Shell protect pipeline with drones
22 May 2018 - 15:20
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Chemical warfare
Business
Over half of Dutch chemical firms violate safety rules
9 February 2017 - 09:17
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Travellers to get climate damage rating before booking holidays
12 April 2016 - 08:14
BusinessNature
Study: Closing all coal plants to bring in 4.7 billion euros
11 April 2016 - 11:17
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Oil tanks _ Photo william_verbeek Flickr
Crime
White-collar arrests for contaminated fuel at Brabant firm
2 February 2015 - 18:31
BusinessNature
Shell spills 4,000 barrels of oil in Niger Delta: report
4 December 2014 - 14:47
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Oil-stained beaches caused by 1965 shipwreck
11 August 2014 - 10:19

Latest stories

  • NS and Deutsche Bahn plan up to six daily trains between Amsterdam and Rhine-Ruhr region
  • E. coli boil water advisory for 200,000 in Dordrecht, Zwijndrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  • Train service restored around Woerden after substation fire forces 1,300 evacuations
  • No additional victims found after Amsterdam fitness center explosion that injured seven
  • 11% of Dutch workers have sleepless nights over AI, worry about losing their jobs

Top stories

  • E. coli boil water advisory for 200,000 in Dordrecht, Zwijndrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  • No additional victims found after Amsterdam fitness center explosion that injured seven
  • Several arrests made in connection with Amsterdam explosion; Ties to ATM burglary crew
  • Locals heard argument before Amsterdam blast that hurt 7; Police still focused on rescue
  • "It felt like an earthquake," locals say about explosion at Amsterdam apartment building

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