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A series of peasant-led demonstrations of the Dutch government on climate change could mark the beginning of a global movement, according to experts interviewed by Fox News Digital.
In June, the Dutch government announced plans to reduce nitrogen emissions, according to a report from the US Department of Agriculture’s Department of Overseas Agriculture (FSA). However, the government directly admitted that farmers who “everyone has no future” will continue their business under the proposal.
Dutch farmers form a “free convoy” to protest the government’s strict environmental rules
Correspondingly, farmers across the country have reportedly left the streets for the past few weeks, blocking the road to the airport. Delivery to food distribution depot.. A State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the United States is monitoring the situation and is encouraging both sides to reach an agreement soon.
“I really understand their anger,” Marcel Crok, a Dutch science writer and co-founder of the Climate Intelligence Foundation, told FoxNews Digital in an interview. “Farmers are also angry because they say,’We are the only ones responsible.’ What about industry? What about transportation? Maybe ban all cars in the Netherlands is needed. [nitrogen].. “
“This actual plan means that in certain areas farmers will have to reduce nitrogen emissions by 70%,” he continued. “That means they just have to quit.”
Dutch police shot in a tractor during the night of farm protests
Proposals to significantly reduce nitrogen emissions are related to a 2019 Dutch court decision, forcing the government to take more aggressive steps to curb nitrogen emissions. increase. However, the Netherlands has strictly regulated agricultural emissions since the 1990s, and farmers are largely in compliance with such rules, Crok said.
The FSA reports that the Netherlands emits large amounts of nitrogen for the huge agricultural industry, which accounts for about 87% of the country’s annual ammonia emissions of 124 million kilograms. According to World Bank data, the country has exported a whopping $ 26.8 billion worth of food, despite its relatively small population compared to other major producers.
Simon Rosendard, a Dutch journalist and chemist, said, “Netherlands agriculture produces the most per acre in the world and therefore has a lower environmental impact per kilogram of food than elsewhere. If you notice, it’s not very rational to curb Dutch agriculture. ” News digital. “That is, in a sense, Dutch agriculture benefits both climate and biodiversity.”
Experts also say that farmers’ behavior In the Netherlands, it was possible to mimic previous protests around the world and foresee a similar rebellion against government overshoot. For example, the so-called “Yellow Vest” movement in France began as a protest against a national fuel tax hike.
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“This is literally communism,” Dutch political critic Eva Wradingerbroke told Fox News Digital in an interview. “If the state says,’We’re going to rob you of your private property for greater benefit,’ the state has the privilege of creating a crisis that deprives you of your rights. That’s what’s happening here. “
Vlaardingerbroek said farmers’ reaction to government actions should be an “absolute” warning to other governments pursuing similar agendas.
“This will definitely affect the general public,” she continued. “Because this is part of the Global Agenda, everyone in the world, especially Western countries, needs to be aware that this is not just for the Dutch government. It is one of the 2030 Agendas. It is a department and is part of “this is”. Great reset. “”
Similar protests could soon occur in parts of the UK and the European Union, where natural gas and energy costs are close to historic levels, according to Benny Paiser, director of the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation. there is.Prices are expected to rise in the UK Send 24% of householdsOr about 6.5 million households are in fuel poverty.
“The problem is that despite this growing energy crisis in Europe, some governments make energy more expensive than ever, or because it is still a top priority for many governments, to farmers. We are still prioritizing the climate agenda that forces us to close our farms. “Paiser told Fox News Digital in an interview.” The whole green agenda is putting a lot of strain on us. “
“The Dutch are angry with these policies because they are killing their business and the farmers are fighting back,” he said. “This is what happens all over Europe. When winter comes, millions of families will not be able to warm their homes or pay invoices, and there is no doubt that there will be anxiety all over Europe.”
In addition, over the weekend, thousands of Sri Lankan citizens attacked the country’s prime minister’s private residence, resigning him and the country’s president. Protesters were reportedly angry with the ongoing recession and fuel shortages.
Myron Eber, director of the Energy and Environment Center at the Institute for Competitive Enterprises, said the Sri Lankan government has also banned chemical fertilizers blamed by environmentalists for water pollution. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the country’s now exiled president, said in a speech at a UN conference last year that such products “had a negative impact on health and the environment.”
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“Of course, all the yields have collapsed. We don’t have any tea to sell because the yields of tea are so low,” Ebel told Fox News Digital. “So they don’t have the income to buy things from abroad and their own food production for people to eat in Sri Lanka isn’t there. They’re starving.”
“This is all the result of the government’s decision to limit access to commercial fertilizers,” he added. “It has something to do with the Dutch movement, because it means’you have to start using less.'”