Dutch farmers violently protest job-destroying climate change policy
According to Bloomberg, yesterday, several farmers also brought their cows to parliament <www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-28/dutch-farmers-bring-cows-to-parliament-to-protest-nitrogen-cuts> to protest the policy, going so far as threatening to slaughter them on the spot.
“If the nitrogen measures are adopted, one of these two ladies [cows] will not go home but will receive a one-way ticket to the slaughterhouse,” farmer Koos Cromwijk told Dutch news agency ANP outside parliament.
The policy in question will require Dutch businesses to reduce nitrogen emissions <abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/explainer-dutch-farmers-protesting-emissions-85848026> nationwide by 50% and up to 95% in some provinces by 2030, with cows and fertilizers being significant contributors.
“The honest message … is that not all farmers can continue their business,” a government statement reads.
The agriculture industry isn’t the only one being targeted, though — aviation has also come under fire.
According to Climate Change News, by the end of 2023, Schipol airport, one of the busiest in Europe <internationalairportreview/>, will be forced to limit annual flights <www.climatechangenews.com/2022/06/27/dutch-government-issues-world-first-cap-on-flights-from-european-hub/> to accommodate just 440,000 passengers (12% less than the number of flights in 2019).
“This is a difficult message for the aviation sector that is still recovering from the far-reaching consequences of the coronavirus pandemic,” said transport minister Mark Harbers.
Climate change activists are, of course, thrilled by the developments, with Greenpeace calling the cap on airport traffic a “historic breakthrough.”
“It is good that the Cabinet realizes that Schiphol has, for years, been flying beyond all boundaries when it comes to noise, nitrogen, ultrafine particles and the climate,” Greenpeace activist Dewi Zloch said in a statement <www.greenpeace.org/nl/greenpeace/53162/reactie-op-bericht-over-krimp-schiphol-en-uitstel-lelystad/>.
According to Bloomberg, yesterday, several farmers also brought their cows to parliament <www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-28/dutch-farmers-bring-cows-to-parliament-to-protest-nitrogen-cuts> to protest the policy, going so far as threatening to slaughter them on the spot.
“If the nitrogen measures are adopted, one of these two ladies [cows] will not go home but will receive a one-way ticket to the slaughterhouse,” farmer Koos Cromwijk told Dutch news agency ANP outside parliament.
The policy in question will require Dutch businesses to reduce nitrogen emissions <abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/explainer-dutch-farmers-protesting-emissions-85848026> nationwide by 50% and up to 95% in some provinces by 2030, with cows and fertilizers being significant contributors.
“The honest message … is that not all farmers can continue their business,” a government statement reads.
The agriculture industry isn’t the only one being targeted, though — aviation has also come under fire.
According to Climate Change News, by the end of 2023, Schipol airport, one of the busiest in Europe <internationalairportreview/>, will be forced to limit annual flights <www.climatechangenews.com/2022/06/27/dutch-government-issues-world-first-cap-on-flights-from-european-hub/> to accommodate just 440,000 passengers (12% less than the number of flights in 2019).
“This is a difficult message for the aviation sector that is still recovering from the far-reaching consequences of the coronavirus pandemic,” said transport minister Mark Harbers.
Climate change activists are, of course, thrilled by the developments, with Greenpeace calling the cap on airport traffic a “historic breakthrough.”
“It is good that the Cabinet realizes that Schiphol has, for years, been flying beyond all boundaries when it comes to noise, nitrogen, ultrafine particles and the climate,” Greenpeace activist Dewi Zloch said in a statement <www.greenpeace.org/nl/greenpeace/53162/reactie-op-bericht-over-krimp-schiphol-en-uitstel-lelystad/>.
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