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    What Is Climate-Ready Infrastructure? Some Cities Are Starting to Adapt

    What Is Climate-Ready Infrastructure? Some Cities Are Starting to Adapt

    By Mikhail Chester, Braden Allenby and Samuel Markolf The most recent international report on climate change paints a picture of disruption to society unless there are drastic and rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Although it’s early days, some cities and municipalities are starting to recognize that past conditions can no longer serve as reasonable […]

    Historic Climate Ruling Upheld by Dutch Appeals Court

    Historic Climate Ruling Upheld by Dutch Appeals Court

    A Dutch appeals court upheld a historic climate liability ruling Tuesday, affirming that the Dutch government has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, The Associated Press reported. The original ruling, decided in June 2015, was the first time a court found that governments had a legal obligation […]

    The Netherlands Can Feed the World. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t

    The Netherlands Can Feed the World. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t

    By Olga Mecking, Commentary Recently, National Geographic published an article called This Tiny Country Feeds the World, where the author extolled the innovations of a small European country that has managed to become a global powerhouse in agriculture and technology—the Netherlands. Now the second biggest exporter in value of agricultural products after the U.S., the […]

    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Could Send Power to Five Countries

    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Could Send Power to Five Countries

    The Netherlands, famous for its iconic windmills, is planning to build the largest offshore wind farm on Earth by 2027. The vision is so massive that the developers will have to construct a 2.3-square-mile artificial island in the North Sea to support the 10,000-turbine complex. The proposed wind farm, spearheaded by Dutch electric grid operator, […]

    Netherlands Launches Landmark Zero-Subsidy Wind Power Auction

    Netherlands Launches Landmark Zero-Subsidy Wind Power Auction

    The Netherlands has launched the world’s first “zero subsidy” tender on Friday to build 700 megawatts of offshore wind. Shortly after the announcement, the country already found its first bidder. Zero subsidy tenders have been labeled as a “game-changer” for the sector because it means that potential bidders would rely solely on wholesale electricity prices […]

    Two European Cities and a Whole Country Join Movement to Outlaw Gas Guzzlers

    Two European Cities and a Whole Country Join Movement to Outlaw Gas Guzzlers

    The movement to ban the internal combustion engine is growing. The European cities of Paris, Oxford, as well as the whole of the Netherlands, have recently announced separate proposals to phase out cars powered by fossil fuels. France and Britain already have plans to ban diesel- and gasoline-powered cars by 2040, but cities within the […]

    World’s Biggest Bike Parking Garage to Hold 12,500 Bikes

    World’s Biggest Bike Parking Garage to Hold 12,500 Bikes

    In the Netherlands, where there are 1.3 bikes per person, finding a parking space for a two-wheeler can be daunting. To amend the situation, the country is building a massive, three-story bike parking garage beneath Utrecht’s central train station. The first phase of the project will be able to hold 6,000 bikes, then another 6,500 […]

    Dutch Trains Are World’s First to Run on 100% Wind Power

    Dutch Trains Are World’s First to Run on 100% Wind Power

    The Netherlands, aka Windmill Country, is now operating 100 percent of its electric trains with wind energy. As of Jan. 1, 600,000 daily train passengers have been traveling completely carbon neutral, according to an announcement from the Netherlands’ principal passenger railway operator, NS. Netherlands take e-mobility to next level: 100% of country’s trains are powered […]