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The Hague, September 21, 2022 /EZPress/ – Put water and soil first in decisions about the future of the Netherlands. This is the call from Rogier van der Sande, president of the Union of Water Boards, in response to the plans announced by the cabinet on budget day. Water and soil are under pressure in the Netherlands and the limits …

Over the past month and a half, grid operator Liander has faced new congestion problems on the electricity grid in Amsterdam, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, North Holland and Holland from South. In its update on available network capacity, network manager Liander reported a large number of new bottlenecks where the network is full. Orange shortage areasNo additional network capacity is available …

More money for the construction of heating networks. A term deposit in the National Insulation Program. Additional budget for municipalities and provinces to recruit staff to oversee the energy transition. The approach to the energy crisis is at the forefront of the plans for the space sector presented at Budget Day. extra hands Municipalities and provinces can count on a …

APE ONS News•yesterday, 9:08 p.m. There are many more ants in the world than previously thought. In a new study, a group of international scientists estimate the number of ants at around twenty quadrillion. Converted, that means there are about 2.5 million ants for every person in the world. The figure is significantly higher than previous estimates from the 1990s, …

Alderman Ashley North and President Henk Boting about LVO. (Photos: Chris de Waard, video: Robbert Beurse). The umbrella organization of the Leiden Allotment Garden Associations has a new name and will continue as Leiden Allotment Garden Organization (OVL). “The old name didn’t really cover it anymore,” says chairman Henk Boting. This old name, the Association of Amateur Gardeners Leiden, is …

About the episode A Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History volunteer spent hundreds of hours scraping off pieces of rock to finally discover a whole new species of reptile. Already in 2010, a researcher from the museum noticed this piece of stone. He saw two pieces of bone, a fossil, but had no idea what animal it was. It turned …

In recent weeks, law enforcement officials have tagged a total of around 250 bike wrecks or stray bikes in central Wageningen with yellow stickers. Especially in the vicinity of the Stadsbrink bus station, many bicycles were marked. At the beginning of September, most of the stickers were stuck. Not only bicycles, but also mopeds and scooters are included in the …

About the episode Our microbiome, or gut flora, is made up of hundreds of different bacteria. And the composition is much less random than previously thought. We know that the microbiome can differ between individuals, but also between populations. That’s why the researchers were curious if our gut flora could also say something about how we ourselves evolved. Did it …

Why we’re doing this weekly overview: In our weekly Sunday preview, we as editors look back over the last seven days. We do this on the cross of our designer Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, makes a drawing and we go from there. What was the editorial talking about? What other topics caught our attention? Concretely, how do …

The town of Ommen will provide asylum seekers with reception capacity at Ommen Town Hall from 1 October 2022. The crisis emergency shelter offers space for around 40 people for a period of 3 months. There is a national need for additional emergency care locations in a crisis situation. In recent months, unacceptable situations have repeatedly occurred at the Ter …