US EditionEnvironmental groups preparing dozens of lawsuits against Dutch nitrogen policy
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Nitrogen: Mobilisation for the Environment (MOB) and the Association for the Environment state that the government's nitrogen plans are 'demonstrably impossible' and…
Environmental organisations want to sit down with Minister of Agriculture Wiersma within two weeks to discuss her nitrogen policy, otherwise a series of new lawsuits will follow. The organisations write this in a letter to the minister, which has been obtained by the NOS. Mobilisation for the Environment and Vereniging Leefmilieu, known for many lawsuits against the government about nitrogen, write in their letter that the cabinet's nitrogen pla…
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Environmental groups preparing dozens of lawsuits against Dutch nitrogen policy
Mobilization for the Environment (MOB) and Vereniging Leefmilieu are preparing dozens of new lawsuits against the Dutch government’s nitrogen policy. An expert they consulted concluded that it would be “impossible” to achieve the legal nitrogen reduction targets with the plans that Agriculture Minister Femke Wiersma presented last month.
Environmental organizations want to quickly consult with Minister of Agriculture Wiersma about the nitrogen policy. They demand that a meeting be held within two weeks. If not, new lawsuits will follow. This is stated in a letter to the minister that NOS has seen.
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