Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers

[Judi Lynn]

Environmentalists say lifting the restriction poses a grave threat to pollinating insects
Reuters
Fri 3 Aug 2018 23.03 EDT

The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted.

Environmentalists, who had sued to bring about the two-year-old ban, said on Friday that lifting the restriction poses a grave threat to pollinating insects and other sensitive creatures relying on toxic-free habitats afforded by wildlife refuges.

“Industrial agriculture has no place on refuges dedicated to wildlife conservation and protection of some of the most vital and vulnerable species,” said Jenny Keating, federal lands policy analyst for the group Defenders of Wildlife.

Limited agricultural activity is authorized on some refuges by law, including cooperative agreements in which farmers are permitted to grow certain crops to produce more food or improve habitat for the wildlife there.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/04/trump-administration-lifts-ban-on-pesticides-linked-to-declining-bee-numbers

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course it did.

[Javaman]

2. truly amazing.

it's as if he wakes up and says, "hmm, what can I totally fuck up today?"