The Dutch Diary In this diary you will find a selection of Dutch climate related news written by our local country correspondent. Get an impression how people living in The Netherlands (Holland) handle the threat of global warming and what they (are planning to) do about it.
This diary is currently maintained by: Roel Gillesen NOTE: All views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors themselves and do no necessarily represent the views of GNOMEDIARIES or its partners.
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A hundred thousand bells sound for the climate |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Sunday, 13 December 2009 |
 In The Netherlands, this sunday afternoon, over 800 church bells will sound. This is the moment that bisschop Desmond Tutu will be offering about 300.000 climate promises to Yvo de Boer, president of the VN-Climate buro. |
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Dutch poll results about Copenhagen meeting |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Sunday, 13 December 2009 |
 22 percent of the Dutch people think that Global Warming is not the result of activities from man kind like a larger exhaust of CO2. A poll among people that vote for the PVV, more than 50 percent think this. |
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How your IT department can go green |
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Written by Hermen Vorstenbosch - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Sunday, 29 November 2009 |
 Recently I visited an organization with 85 physical servers. Maybe you are wondering why I discuss servers on GnomeDiaries. Well hang on and read something about server consolidation and how it can save lots of energy. In other words, how your IT department can go green. |
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Dutch firms to build network of charging stations for electric cars |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
 Dutch electricity grid companies have agreed to build a national network of charging stations for electric cars to encourage the purchase of this type of clean vehicles, Dutch media reported on Friday. |
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Th!nk gets approved in The Netherlands |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
 Once a vehicle has been certified for roadworthiness by any member of the European Union, that vehicle can legally be sold in any fellow member country. Such is the case with the Th!nk City, which has just officially passed vehicle inspection in the Netherlands. |
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Solar Powered Air purifiers |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Monday, 20 April 2009 |
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 Last week, we ran into a solar powered Air purifier. The company HengYuan Electotech has a range of solar powered products that clean the air. Besides the solar powered products, they also have Air purifiers that take maximum advantage of indoor/outdoor temperature difference, to save the maximum on engergy.
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Poisonous blue algae are fond of global warming |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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 Global warming enhances the growth of algae. Especially the poisonous blue-algae, because they seem to react stronger on the increase of warmth than other species. This will lead to problems over time. Especially during warm dry summers, the water quality will decrease.
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Dutch Court approves flight tax |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
 Last Wednesday, the dutch court approved the introduction of flight tax. The flight tax is introduced to discourage people to use air-transport. The flight tax is not contrary according the Chicago and European agreements regarding air traffic. |
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Amsterdam to become a green ICT city |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
 Amsterdam wants to take measures to turn the huge ICT-sector green. The capital city is the center of intercontinental data traffic and has a lot of ICT companies, data centers and related computer, internet and media companies. |
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City of Eindhoven turns off the lights |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - GnomeDiaries Team Member
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
 The City of Eindhoven, a city in the south of The Netherlands will be the first city to turn of the lights at night. Eindhoven has become known because of the light bulb, manufactured at the Philips factories. Eindhoven is also known for its yearly 'light route'. |
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