There is a big problem in Groningen (the Northern most province of the Netherlands) at the moment due to excessive extraction of natural gas (including fracking), to the point it is causing serious environment damage including earthquakes in the region.
Many people have had to leave their homes and land before their buildings collapse and others have had to put great big ugly metal pillars in their houses to keep the walls and roof from falling down!
I have seen pictures of the damage (I even mistook one of them for a retweet news from of some warzone from the Middle East rather than somewhere just across the North Sea from where I live!)
The company NAM which runs the gas extraction has told many lies to the locals and even the Government [which also has a stake in NAM] and has stalled on paying compensation.
There have been several protests in the city (as well as practical solutions to move towards more sustainable forms of energy and a petition that everyone in the EU can sign – as this could easily happen anywhere near the coast where gas is extracted.
If you cannot read Dutch the petition is also published in English, link is below…
https://laatgroningennietzakken.petities.nl/
