Legal Insurrection by Vijeta Uniyal Monday, March 6, 2023
The Financial Times: Dutch government is trying to “convince farmers to reduce livestock herds or leave the industry to cut emissions.”Farmers’ protests have again erupted in the Netherlands and Belgium as European governments enforce radical climate change policies.
To comply with the European Union’s climate diktats, the Dutch, Belgium, and other European governments have pledged to more than halve their emission of greenhouse gases. To meet these radical targets, they are forcing the farmers to cut down on their livestock or go out of business.
In the Netherlands, Europe’s biggest meat exporter, the government is trying to “convince farmers to reduce livestock herds or leave the industry to cut emissions,” the London-based Financial Times reported last week.
Explaining the drastic EU emission cuts, the newspaper added:
The Netherlands will be forced to choose between agriculture or building new homes and infrastructure if it is to meet its climate targets unless the farming sector cuts nitrogen-based emissions, the country’s nature minister has warned.
The emissions clampdown stems from a 2019 decision by the country’s supreme court, which ruled that no more permits to emit nitrogen could be issued because the country had breached EU nature protection laws. This means permits only become available when they are given up by other businesses.
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https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/03/farmers-protests-erupt-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium-against-eu-climate-change-restrictions/
