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

submitted 1 year ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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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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[–] albert180@feddit.de 10 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. (Germany sucks too in this regard) https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/eutrophication-caused-by-atmospheric-nitrogen

[–] Thelaea@feddit.nl 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.