The province of Utrecht, like the municipality and residents, is against gas extraction near Woerden

Gas company wants to drill and looks at minister Woerden

In a memo to the Provincial Council, Deputy Has Bakker (climate and circular society) writes that the province of Utrecht is focusing on sustainable heat sources in order to be energy neutral by 2040 and ultimately CO2 neutral by 2050. “As far as we are concerned, new oil and gas extraction fits in with that. not included,” Bakker writes.

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