Groningers surprised by increasing gas extraction: ‘It looks like a movie, what a bad time’ | Inland

Hans Gubbels hangs the Groningen flag at half mast. “It seems like a movie what we are experiencing here, a bad time.”

Ⓒ Jos Schuurman

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Loppersum – Shocked residents of Groningen expect The Hague to quickly clarify why up to double the amount of gas should be extracted. That is what outgoing minister Stef Blok (Economic Affairs) and the Gasunie expect, according to a letter to the House of Representatives on Thursday evening. “This hits hard,” is the sentiment in the gas extraction province, which is longing for the end of the gas era.

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