Dutch Court Orders Government to Slash Nitrogen Emissions

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Greenpeace's victory in the nitrogen lawsuit this week is causing unrest and uncertainty, and raises the question of what will happen next in five sectors that emit a lot of nitrogen. By Martine Kamsma, Karel Berkhout, Milo van Bokkum, Laura Bergshoef and Jan Benjamin

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Dutch Court Orders Government to Slash Nitrogen Emissions

A court in the Netherlands ordered the Dutch government on Wednesday to significantly reduce nitrogen emissions by 2030, a ruling likely to further concern farmers who have previously staged protests over efforts to reduce emissions. Activist group Greenpeace brought the case, arguing that the government was not doing enough to reduce illegally high levels of nitrogen oxide emissions caused by intensive farming, heavy fertilizer use, traffic, an…

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The Minister of Agriculture claims that "the impossible" and alert to the "wide social impact" of the cuts cannot be demanded.

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Dutch court orders nitrogen cuts

Dutch farmers will have to cut nitrogen emissions following a court order issued recently.

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The District Court of The Hague has given the wrong percentage of the role of agriculture in the nitrogen problem into the world. The wrong percentage was also used for the role of shipping and road traffic.