It is incomprehensible but true.

The Dutch Climate Minister Hermans is once again investing heavily in the burning of forest biomass by subsidizing the storage of the CO2 released in the process.

Also on LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328365472398151680/

But weren’t we finally done with it?

Did the previous Dutch cabinet not just shoot down this method..?

So why is this Dutch Minister then again subsidizing this – most controversial – BECCS method?

Watch the fragment in the Dutch journalistic television program Hofstad & Land on national TV NPO2 (Mai 13 2025). Political program with the minister Sophie Hermans, professor David Smeulders, professor Jan Rotmans and dr. Fenna Swart, director of the Clean Air Committee.

Watch the entire broadcast on NPO Start:
https://npo.nl/start/serie/hofstad-land/seizoen-1/hofstad-land_14/afspelen