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
slumcamper
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DemKittyNC
(743 posts)Whatever the lobbyist wants, the lobbyist get. Catering to the highest bidder.
Damn tRump and damn Republicans!
riversedge
(70,242 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)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.
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sakabatou
(42,158 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)to help waterfowl and migratory bird species."??
K&R, Thanks for posting, Judi Lynn
barbtries
(28,799 posts)but now i'm starting to believe that he actually wants to destroy the world
i can't take this until 2020.
Ohiogal
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(11,257 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)He's such an evil moron.
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)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)"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)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!