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Climate Protesters Have Blocked a Dutch Highway to Demand an End to Big Subsidies for Fossil Fuels

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal and gas revealed in a report earlier this week. The protesters — from Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and other organizations — broke through a police barrier and sat […]

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EU Climate Czar Frans Timmermans Quits Job to Lead Center-Left Coalition in Dutch Elections

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s climate chief quit his job in the EU’s executive arm Tuesday and will lead a broad center-left coalition of social democrats and greens going into the Dutch elections in November. Social Democrat Frans Timmermans, 62, was the only candidate and won 91.8% of votes cast by party members of both groups Tuesday. […]

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