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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 04:48 PM Aug 2018

Trump administration reverses rule that banned pesticide use in wildlife refuges

Source: The Hill


BY MIRANDA GREEN - 08/03/18 04:30 PM EDT

The Interior Department announced plans Friday to reverse a rule that banned the use of pesticides in national wildlife refuges.

The decision, announced in an internal memo posted online, reverses an Obama-era ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides as well as genetically engineered crops within refuges where there is farming.

The Obama administration argued that the pesticides threatened bees and butterflies as well as other pollinators and wildlife, such as birds.

The announcement from Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) deputy director Greg Sheehan said the rollback is to benefit land specifically purchased to become refuges to help waterfowl and migratory bird species. Some of the land has historically been used to maintain crops to support the birds.



Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/400324-administration-reverses-rule-that-banned-pesticide-use-in-wildlife

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Trump administration reverses rule that banned pesticide use in wildlife refuges (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2018 OP
EVIL. slumcamper Aug 2018 #1
That's the word which best sums it all up. red dog 1 Aug 2018 #5
W underpants Aug 2018 #2
This DAMNED Administration... DemKittyNC Aug 2018 #3
a godzillion recs.🚨Help #SavetheBees Call 202-224-3121 Light Up Senators and Rep phone lines riversedge Aug 2018 #18
Draining the swamp right? hibbing Aug 2018 #4
+ 1 red dog 1 Aug 2018 #7
GAH! sakabatou Aug 2018 #6
How could this evil action even remotely "benefit land specifically purchased to become refuges red dog 1 Aug 2018 #8
i know he wants to undo everything Obama ever did barbtries Aug 2018 #9
Unbelievable. Ohiogal Aug 2018 #10
Replete with 1984 style double speak suffragette Aug 2018 #11
Because, of course. nt Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #12
I hate him. Duppers Aug 2018 #13
I said it before and I'll say it again The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #14
Kill bees that pollinate crops to support the birds that eat the crops pollinated by the bees? What? Snellius Aug 2018 #15
Silly liberals! Corn, wheat and soy are primarily wind pollinated NickB79 Aug 2018 #16
🚨Help #SavetheBees Call 202-224-3121 Light Up Senators and Rep phone lines riversedge Aug 2018 #17

DemKittyNC

(743 posts)
3. This DAMNED Administration...
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 04:52 PM
Aug 2018

Whatever the lobbyist wants, the lobbyist get. Catering to the highest bidder.

Damn tRump and damn Republicans!

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
4. Draining the swamp right?
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 04:55 PM
Aug 2018

These neonicotinoid pesticiedes are horrible and at a time when pollinators are getting decimated. It will take decades to undo the damage of this evil administration.

Peace

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
8. How could this evil action even remotely "benefit land specifically purchased to become refuges
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 05:08 PM
Aug 2018

to help waterfowl and migratory bird species."??

K&R, Thanks for posting, Judi Lynn

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
9. i know he wants to undo everything Obama ever did
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 05:17 PM
Aug 2018

but now i'm starting to believe that he actually wants to destroy the world

i can't take this until 2020.

The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
14. I said it before and I'll say it again
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 09:49 AM
Aug 2018

these know-nothing, flat-earther republicans led by that orange moron, who by the way is an illegal and illegitimate occupant of the white house, are an existential threat to humanity and must be treated in this fashion. The level of stupidity that led to this decision is, I'm sure, difficult to comprehend yet we sit by idly and allow this idiocy to unfold as though it were normal. It's not normal, folks, it's deadly.

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
15. Kill bees that pollinate crops to support the birds that eat the crops pollinated by the bees? What?
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 10:15 AM
Aug 2018

"the rollback is to benefit land specifically purchased to become refuges to help waterfowl and migratory bird species. Some of the land has historically been used to maintain crops to support the birds. " What? They're killing bees that pollinate the crops to support the birds that eat the crops supported by the bees? Is that it?

NickB79

(19,253 posts)
16. Silly liberals! Corn, wheat and soy are primarily wind pollinated
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 10:28 AM
Aug 2018

We don't need no stinking bees to feed a big, burly American a steady diet of McDonalds and Pizza Hut, brought to us by our glorious Big Ag megacorps!

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