Ryan McClellan was driving from New York to his home in Niles, Ohio approximately 33 miles away from the derailment site when he noticed something ominous.


“The sky became pitch black during my drive home… oddly black,” he said.


On the evening of February 3rd, 51 cars of a 151-car Norfolk Southern (NS) train derailed on the east side of East Palestine. 11 of these derailed cars were carrying hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, benzene residue, and butyl acrylate; but residents w...

Last Saturday hundreds of climate activists associated with Extinction Rebellion were arrested by Dutch police following their blockade of the A12 motorway. However, the motorway blockades perpetrated by farmers see close to zero arrests – and if arrests do take place, this often happens after the protests have already ended.


On Saturday more than 1200 activists took to the streets in The Hague and blocked off the A12 motorway. “Extinction Rebellion demands an immediate end to the annual 17.5...

The ‘city balcony’ (stadsbalkon) at Groningen’s central railway station has been seen as an eyesore by the city’s residents, but they’ll be happy to know that the municipality has agreed to transform this architectural monstrosity into a pleasant and attractive part of the city.


According to the city council a welcoming and attractive green north square is needed in front of the railway station, and the ‘city balcony’ is anything but attractive so it needs to go. “It looks like a Tobruk bunke...

In recent years the stigma surrounding men’s mental health has gone down, despite that men in the Netherlands – and most other countries – commit suicide twice as much as women do. In Groningen local initiatives such as All Ears and IkBenDepressief wish to make it easier for men to talk about their problems.


“I notice it’s not as much of a taboo nowadays when I talk about it. Whenever I go out and talk to people I sometimes mention I still struggle with depression, and that helps,” said Louis...