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There is much to say about these events, one sentence that caught my eye was: "Why are we so strict in Belgium and in the Netherlands? Because we are already exceeding the critical loads.โ€

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ehm, I'm sorry. But the reason for these strict regulations are that you are one of the worst polluters https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/eutrophication-caused-by-atmospheric-nitrogen

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Dingdingding! We have a winner!

This is exactly the problem. Our farmers (or at least a portion of them) have gotten used to being allowed pretty much anything and are now finding out that wrecking the environment is actually not something which is allowed.