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Dog and cat owners can significantly reduce the environmental impact of their pets by feeding them dry foods such as kibble instead of foods with higher water content. This is evident from a Brazilian research which was released on Friday. A 10 kilo dog eats an average of 534 calories per day and emits about 828 kilos of CO2 per …

It will soon no longer be possible to park your car for free in the New West or Southeast areas of Amsterdam. The city council wants to significantly expand paid parking in these areas. According to Alderman Van der Horst, parking pressure and the associated nuisance will decrease accordingly, but residents are skeptical. paid – NH News “No”, answers a …

Alsmeer – Aalsmeer’s board of directors has an independent advisory body for the visual arts in the public space: the Advisory Board for the Visual Arts. At the request of the Council, the latter gives its opinion on the realization of (new) works of art in the public space and on other questions relating to the field of the visual …

The American space agency NASA has released another beautiful image of the universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The image shows an hourglass of orange and blue substances being released by a newly formed star in the center. The colored clouds are only visible in infrared light and have never been seen before. The James Webb Telescope made …

Nurserymen and arborists are pleased that the municipality of Buren in Gelderland is working on a clear accommodation policy. This should put an end to many practices of tolerance, such as the transformation of rooms into dwellings. Buren developed a draft policy framework for the housing of migrant workers and presented it to the parties concerned. Producers fear additional costs …

The province of North Holland, network manager Liander, Rijkswaterstaat and twelve municipalities, including Amsterdam, Haarlemmermeer and Beverwijk, have signed a letter of intent: they want to produce sustainable energy along five motorways. Preliminary exploration shows that along the A9, A5, A22 and parts of the A1 and A2 there is room for solar power generation in particular , but also …

Although Edmij has been helping network operators in a practical way, together with customers, to prevent congestion for several years, Edmij is now recognized as one of the first parties in the Netherlands for the new formal role of csp. Freed up spaceCongestion management distributes limited space on the power grid. Congestion management is applied at times when the demand …

SLIEDRECHT – The city council will be presented with two choices by the city executive for the location of Groen van Prinsterer. A former primary school now stands on the site. The college’s preference is to stop building on the site and make way for a “park-like environment”. As an alternative, the council is presented with a second development scenario …

Impression of the housing cooperative De Binnenhaven, which is to be built in Almere. Image: SLA Office With a national loan fund of 10 million euros, the House of Representatives wants to provide financial support to housing cooperatives. This is a first step towards the “more space” promised for collective life in the coalition agreement. The fund is badly needed, …

The podcast Behind closed doors was voted Best Podcast of the Year at the Dutch Podcast Awards. The production of The Financial Times (FD) also won the award in the Enterprise category. The Dutch Podcast Awards are an initiative of BNR news radio and were awarded for the fifth time this year. Behind closed doors is about controversial businessman Gerard …