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Dutch national railway NS announced that all trains would be cancelled at in the Northern Netherlands on Wednesday morning as a result of Storm Poly. The intensity of the storm propted meteorologists to issue a Code Red weather warning for much of the northern part of the country, with wind gusts expected to top 120 kilometers per hour in some areas.
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The Dutch State will hold chemical concern 3M liable for damage caused by PFAS, often referred to as “forever chemicals” which do not break down in the environment. The American company has a factory on the Scheldt River in Belgium which has been discharging PFAS into the water for years. This has led to damage in the Netherlands at the Westerschelde, an estuary of the Scheldt River, the Cabinet…
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Mashup Score: 20Academic journal’s entire board resigns accusing Elsevier of “greed” - 12 month(s) ago
The entire board of the scientific journal Neuroimage resigned in protest against its publisher, Elsevier. According to the over 40 leading scientists, Elsevier charges researchers exorbitant fees to publish their research while also maintaining a massive profit margin. They will no longer accept this “greed” and are setting up their own non-profit, open-access journal, The Guardian reported.
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Researchers see no evidence of brain damage in people hospitalized with severe coronavirus infection, Maastricht University reported. The study was prompted by the neurological problems doctors noticed in patients in intensive care during the first wave of the coronavirus.
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Schiphol Airport is looking at eliminating all overnight flights by the end of 2025, but possibly even by the end of 2024. That decision could also push up the price of vacations as a result. The airport is also planning to eliminate all private jet flights that take off and land at the airport during that timeframe, the airport’s interim CEO, Ruud Sondag, told Parool. Schiphol also wants to…
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The number of flights with private jets tripled since 2019, and with that, their CO2 emissions quadrupled, Greenpeace reported based on research by CE Delft. Across Europe, there were 573,000 private jet flights last year, causing almost 3.4 million tons of CO2, Trouw reports.
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The migration problem is getting bigger by the day, CDA party leader Wopke Hoekstra said on Saturday at the CDA party congress. “The current numbers are simply not sustainable,” he said. According to Hoekstra, a “firm approach” is needed “that is both European and national.”
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Mashup Score: 0Mad cow disease found on a farm in the Netherlands - 1 year(s) ago
A cow found on a farm in the Netherlands this week tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as BSE or mad cow disease. The cow “did not enter the food chain, and therefore does not pose a direct risk to public health,” the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement sent to the Tweede Kamer on Wednesday. People who eat meat from an infected cow can potentially develop…
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Mashup Score: 0Amsterdam’s largest bicycle parking opens under Central Station - 1 year(s) ago
State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructure) officially opened Amsterdam’s largest bicycle garage under Amsterdam Central Station on Thursday. On Saturday, the city will celebrate the renewed Stationsplein and IJboulevard after four years of renovations and construction.
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Mashup Score: 5Microsoft removes hundreds of Dutch accounts without explanation - 1 year(s) ago
Microsoft has removed hundreds of Dutch accounts in recent years without giving a reason to those affected. Desperate Microsoft users often encounter a one-way street. Because even when asked, Microsoft offers no explanation. The despair is great when suddenly access to one’s own Microsoft account is denied. Those who are locked out of their account have to reckon with the fact that their…
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