{"id":12230,"date":"2025-05-14T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/?p=12230"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:14:58","slug":"opposition-washes-climate-ministers-ears-about-controversial-biomass-with-beccs-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/en\/opposition-washes-climate-ministers-ears-about-controversial-biomass-with-beccs-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition washes climate minister&#8217;s ears about controversial Biomass-with-BECCS plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It is incomprehensible but true.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"272\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 272;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/comiteschonelucht.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-05-14-at-14.33.25.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Also on LInkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7328365472398151680\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But weren&#8217;t we finally done with it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did the previous Dutch cabinet not just shoot down this method..?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So why is this Dutch Minister then again subsidizing this &#8211; most controversial &#8211; BECCS method?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the fragment in the Dutch journalistic television program\u00a0<em>Hofstad &amp; Land<\/em>\u00a0on national TV NPO2 (Mai 13 2025). 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