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Farmers on frontline as Dutch divided by nitrogen pollution crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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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.”

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

how farmers will compete with foreign products without the same pollution requirements

That’s the big issue. Even if dutch farmers agree to implement costly measures to limit emissions and pollution, unless this is enforced EU wide, this will just drive them out of business and move the pollution problem somewhere else. And I do not really see this happening EU wide in any foreseeable future.

[–] [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

[–] [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.

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