FILE PHOTO: Protesters demand an immediate end to gas extraction at the Groningen field as they block a facility of Dutch gas production company NAM, in Farmsum, Netherlands August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Angry Dutch citizens on Thursday will ask their country's highest court to put an immediate end to gas production in the Groningen region due to the risk of life-endangering earthquakes.
Decades of extraction from what once was Europe's largest natural gas field have led to dozens of minor tremors every year, damaging thousands of homes and sparking unrest among locals.
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