Environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion said Tuesday it was ending its daily blockade of a major motorway in The Hague, after Dutch MPs voted to examine ways of scrapping fossil fuel subsidies.A majority of Dutch MPs earlier requested Prime Minister Mark Rutte's outgoing government to come up with a concrete plan to phase out subsidies to fossil fuel industries, estimated at between 39.7 to 46.4 billion euros ($42-49.5 billion).
The latest forecasts from Weeronline say this year, the Netherlands will see colder weather on King’s Day (koningsdag) than it did on January 1, 2023!
It might be January, but the mild weather means hay fever sufferers are already showing symptoms, as hazel trees and alders bloom across the Netherlands.