Posted By Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 22, 2025
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court ordered the government on Wednesday to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030, in a ruling that could hurt construction and will put pressure on farmers to reduce their number of livestock.
The case was brought by Greenpeace, which said the government wasn't doing enough to lower illegally high levels of nitrogen oxide emissions, caused by large numbers of livestock and heavy use of fertilizers, as well as traffic and construction in the densely-populated Netherlands.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Peter Graff)