Climate Change
Ambassador Hartog Levin and Cool Globes creator Wendy Abrams with an embassy-sponsored globe. Photo: State Dept.
- Ambassador Visits GLOBE Program School Clusius College
June 21, 2011 - As honorary member of the GLOBE program’s Board of Recommendation, the Ambassador traveled to Heerhugowaard to visit the GLOBE Program School Clusius College and to reaffirm official U.S. support for the GLOBE program. - Ambassador, Wendy Abrams and Robert Kennedy Jr. Open Cool Globes
June 7, 2011 - “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet” opened at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. - Ambassador Hosts Environmental Speaker
May 25 - The Ambassador held a breakfast for 2007 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Dr. Woodrow Clark. The event provided an opportunity to discuss what the U.S. is doing to combat climate change and the embassy’s green initiatives. - Ambassador visits GLOBE school in Weert
May 19, 2011 - The Ambassador visited the Philips van Horne school in Weert, a participating school in the Netherlands’ GLOBE program. - Ambassador Hartog Levin Makes Official Visit to Gelderland
May 13, 2011 - The Ambassador advanced her intent to visit every province in the Netherlands, by traveling to Gelderland. She visited the Food Valley Foundation, an organization that stimulates innovation in the Dutch agro-food sector by partnering knowledge with enterprise. - Ambassador Hartog Levin Visits Rotterdam
January 25, 2011 - In an official visit to Rotterdam, the Ambassador met with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and discussed his efforts to make the city greener, as well as the city’s social programs to help those most in need. - Ambassador Levin attends Green Build Conference
November 17, 2010 - U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Fay Hartog Levin and the Dutch Ambassador to the United States Renée Jones Bos worked together at the Green Build International Conference and Expo 2010 - the world's largest gathering dedicated to green building in Chicago.
- Senator Landrieu visits Netherlands
November 9 - 12, 2010 - Congressional Delegation learns about the Dutch's world-class water management & flood protection system.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin visits Friesland
November 4, 2010 - As part of her effort to visit every province in the Netherlands, the Ambassador traveled to Leeuwarden, Friesland. The Ambassador met with the Queen’s Commissioner (governor) and visited Wetsus, a Center for Sustainable Water Technology.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin visits Groningen
August 27, 2010 - Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin traveled to Groningen for an official visit, where she met with Queen’s Commissioner Max van den Berg and Mayor Peter Rehwinkel. In addition, she visited the Attero waste management plant. In a press conference at the town hall she discussed her interest in green issues and praised the city for its enlightened leadership on environmental issues.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin Supports U.S. Exhibitors at Power-Gen Europe 2010
June 8, 2010 – Ambassador Hartog Levin was a VIP guest at the opening of Power-Gen Europe 2010 in Amsterdam. Power-Gen is the premier power industry conference and exhibition in Europe. It has 570 exhibitors (60 from the U.S.) and 12,000 visitors from over 80 countries.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin plants tree on site of future U.S. Embassy
April 23, 2010 - Ambassador Hartog Levin joined The Hague Mayor Jozias van Aartsen and Wassenaar Mayor Jan Hoekema in planting three trees on the future site of the U.S. Embassy in Wassenaar. The ceremony marked Earth Day, and the three trees were the first of 168 to be planted to replace those removed in preparing the property for the new construction.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin Visits ECN to Learn About New Energy Technologies
April 6, 2010 – Ambassador Hartog Levin visited the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) in order to learn about the new energy research technologies being developed and deployed within the Netherlands.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin On Water Management
March 17, 2010 – The U.S. Embassy in The Hague and the Netherlands Water Partnership organized a reception to celebrate five years of U.S. - Dutch cooperation in Water Management. The event was held in Sociëteit de Witte in The Hague.
- Ambassador Hartog Levin addresses Dutch Sustainability Congres
November 11, 2009 - Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin addressed the 10th Nationaal Sustainability Congres on what the United States is doing to promote green energy and fight climate change. Over 700 NGO, government, and private sector professionals in the sustainability field attended the day-long event, held this year at the World Forum in The Hague.
- U.S. - Dutch Renewable Energy Cooperation
November 12, 2009 - A team from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), led by Director Dr. Dan Arvizu, visited the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) in Petten.
- Op-Ed by Ambassador Hartog Levin on Climate Change
September 24, 2009 - "The Global Challenge of Climate Change". Op-ed appeared in "De Volkskrant" and the Reformatorisch Dagblad.
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