{"id":1540724,"date":"2022-07-06T07:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540724"},"modified":"2022-07-06T07:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:34:43","slug":"dutch-farmers-protest-the-governments-industry-killing-climate-change-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-farmers-protest-the-governments-industry-killing-climate-change-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Farmers Protest the Government&#039;s Industry-Killing Climate Change Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdutch-farmers-protest-the-governments-industry-killing-climate-change-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Plans lawmakers in the Netherlands have to reduce emissions are being met with intense opposition by farmers who say it&#8217;ll force them to go out of work or kill their own livestock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement about its emission reduction targets\u2014cutting nitrogen oxide and ammonia by 50 percent nationwide in the next eight years\u2014the government was frank: &#8220;The honest message &#8230; is that not all farmers can continue their business,&#8221; reports ABC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must be drastically reduced close to nature areas that are part of a network of protected habitats for endangered plants and wildlife stretching across the 27-nation European Union. (<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/explainer-dutch-farmers-protesting-emissions-85848026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ABC News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposal leaves two options for farmers: shut down or change their current practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response, some 40,000 farmers are protesting, blocking roads and supermarket distribution networks, leaving bales of hay in the streets, spraying government buildings with manure and leaving some on the street near the home of the minister leading the country&#8217;s anti-pollution efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Netherlands ????<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch farmers have had enough.<\/p>\n<p>They are spreading manure on government buildings and blocking the highways with tractors.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnUTu6kaGJ\">pic.twitter.com\/hnUTu6kaGJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Melville (@JamesMelville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMelville\/status\/1543837782677880832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In their infinite wisdom, the govt of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Netherlands?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Netherlands<\/a> wants to impose new climate goals of reducing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nitrogen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nitrogen<\/a> output by 2030, which will force <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Farmers?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Farmers<\/a> out of business<br \/>Holland had even appointed a new Minister for Nature &#038; Nitrogen! The minister, Christianne van der Wal<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Protest?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Protest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iY6AqtcAH2\">pic.twitter.com\/iY6AqtcAH2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?? Sarwar ?? (@ferozwala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ferozwala\/status\/1543932831554048007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wish protestors in the USA were as interesting in their tactics as the Dutch are.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch farmers close the border between Holland and Germany with tons of manure to protest nitrogen cuts ??<\/p>\n<p>Sound optional <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CXqlUX5EWk\">pic.twitter.com\/CXqlUX5EWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1544153064319266816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dutch farmers are being treated appallingly by their political masters, being forced to kill their livestock and close their farms in order to &#8216;slash emissions&#8217; (incl. ammonia in urine and faeces). Honestly, this is the sort of thing of which revolutions are made. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XpmQnBHVt2\">https:\/\/t.co\/XpmQnBHVt2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adrian_Hilton\/status\/1542593744825946114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the end path of climate change activism. Eventually everything has to be stopped, even our food supply. Dutch farmers are protesting new rules that will close farms and force them to kill off livestock to curb \u201cemissions\u201d. Godspeed to the farmers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aBXRiRqDIH\">pic.twitter.com\/aBXRiRqDIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Malcolm Roberts ???? (@MRobertsQLD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRobertsQLD\/status\/1542679604095119361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Dutch Farmers are not messing around. Amazing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Netherlands?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Netherlands<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H56HtLuygF\">pic.twitter.com\/H56HtLuygF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Gerritsen???? (@ryangerritsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryangerritsen\/status\/1543774892713250816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">???? The Dutch police are now using tear gas against the farmers on multiple locations across the country to get them to move. The Netherlands really is an illusion of a free country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdXU6zwoVu\">pic.twitter.com\/rdXU6zwoVu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvaVlaar\/status\/1544093398763814915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has pushed back against the protesters, arguing, &#8220;You can demonstrate, but in a civilized way.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;So don&#8217;t block highways, don&#8217;t set off fireworks outside a minister&#8217;s house and spread manure and \u2026 scare two children, and endanger families.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans lawmakers in the Netherlands have to reduce emissions are being met with intense opposition by farmers who say it&#8217;ll force them to go out of work or kill their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1541045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}