Energy Transition Threatens to Wipe Dutch Village From the Map
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In Moerdijk (Netherlands), 1,150 inhabitants have been living for years with a threat above their heads: the Dutch state is considering simply razing the village, born in the... Read the article Netherlands: A medieval village soon sacrificed on the altar of the energy transition? appeared first on current values.
In the Netherlands, consideration is being given to the demolition of the historic village of the 13th century for the construction of a new power plant.
The small town of Moerdijk, in the Netherlands, is at risk of being shaved, sacrificed in the name of the energy transition. To the great dam of its inhabitants.
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from the map
Residents of Moerdijk, a small Dutch port village that survived World War II bombing and subsequent flooding, are facing a new existential challenge: the threat of being bulldozed in the name of clean energy.
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map
Much of the 1,150-strong population has been left asking "why us? why their village?" Pim Meijer, who represents a collective covering around half the residents, told AFP. The hamlet, dating from the Middle Ages and located in the south of the Netherlands, between the major ports of Rotterdam and Belgium's Antwerp, has been earmarked by the government for possible eradication. The reason? To make way for a facility that would receive electricity…
Moerdijk, is a village in the Netherlands of 1,150 people. The Dutch government would like to dismantle it to build a vast pole of energy transition and industrial extension.
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