Bassoe
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So, anyway, I noticed we didn't have a dedicated thread on this yet despite it falling under our purview.
Euronews Article
ABC News Article
Bloomberg Article
Basic explanation, the Netherlands goverment decided that to follow EU regulations cutting down on oceanic nitrogen blooms of toxic algae fed by fertilizer runoff, they'd forcibly shut down farms and cattle ranches. Needless to say, this greatly upset the farmers whose livelihood depended upon those farms and everyone affected by the increased scarcity and corresponding increased prices of food, so now they're protesting. The Netherlands goverment, seeing their politics were unpopular with their citizenry responded reasonably, haha, just kidding, they sent in tanks.
Euronews Article
ABC News Article
Bloomberg Article
Basic explanation, the Netherlands goverment decided that to follow EU regulations cutting down on oceanic nitrogen blooms of toxic algae fed by fertilizer runoff, they'd forcibly shut down farms and cattle ranches. Needless to say, this greatly upset the farmers whose livelihood depended upon those farms and everyone affected by the increased scarcity and corresponding increased prices of food, so now they're protesting. The Netherlands goverment, seeing their politics were unpopular with their citizenry responded reasonably, haha, just kidding, they sent in tanks.