appealed the verdict. The reason, according to the government, is that they questioned the way the court assessed their policy. They promised, however, that new measures to comply with the verdict would still be carried out. Urgenda described the appeal as a delaying tactic. Additionally, 28,000 citizens signed a petition that the government should accept the verdict. Debate about closure of coal-firing plants Then, in October 2015 the National Energy Exploration showed that the measures set by the agreement would fail to reach the goals set by the Energy agreement. Many politicians lost their confidence in the agreement and demanded an additional set of measures. In December 2015, the majority of the House of Representatives supported the closure of all Dutch coal-firing plants in the near future. A policy contradiction was created; closing the additional coal-firing plants would simultaneously go against the Energy Agreement, because it would make the co-firing of biomass impossible. Additionally, three new coal plants were just finished and costed 1.5 billion euros each. However, the politicians suggested using the subsidies for co-firing biomass as compensation to close the new coal-firing plants. However, some politicians were against the plan, because they were afraid that it would cost too many jobs. Since the motion of Urgenda, the Cabinet and other involved parties have been negotiating possible solutions. Nuon, the Dutch subsidiary of the Swedish company Vattenfall, which owns the Hemwegcentrale, stated to be open for discussion about the closure of the plant. Essent, the owner of Eemshavencentrale, on the other hand, sought the confrontation; they believed that the closure of the plants would only work counterproductively in reaching the energy goals. Henk Kamp, the Minister of Economic Affairs, promised that the Dutch government would make a decision by the autumn of 2016. This decision could lead to another large breakthrough in policies for the energy sector in the Netherlands. In January 2016, as planned, the three oldest coal-firing plants were closed, in Nijmegen, Borssele and Geertruidenberg. Two more closures are scheduled for 1 July 2017: Maasvlakte I and II. 2017 Energy Agreement debate In the end of January 2017, minister Kamp sent a letter to the House of Representatives that no decision would be made by the incumbent government on the closure of the remaining five coal plants. Instead of a concrete plan, the minister sent a study to the House, which he had carried out by the