US EditionGovernment Reaches Deal with NAM to End Gas Extraction Plans in Friesland
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Gas extraction near Ternaard in Friesland has been definitively cancelled, much to the delight of many residents and the Wadden Association. Local residents were concerned about earthquakes and environmental damage. "This is such a good decision, for now and for the future."
Government reaches deal with NAM to end gas extraction plans in Friesland
Plans for gas drilling under the Wadden Sea near Ternaard in Friesland have been permanently cancelled. The government has reached an agreement with NAM, the gas company, Energy Minister Sophie Hermans announced Friday at the Wierum village hall.
Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) is pleased that NAM will definitively not extract gas beneath the Wadden Sea near Ternaard in Friesland. The organization calls it a "devastating gas extraction project" and sees the cancellation as proof that campaigning works. "In September, more than six hundred people stood at the edge of the Wadden Sea with Friends of the Earth Netherlands and the Wadden Association to fight against Shell's …
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