The dutch farmers make their voices heard

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Some 40,000 farmers gathered last week in the central Netherlands’ agricultural heartland to protest the government's plan to slash emissions of damaging pollutants. What is the government proposing, and why are farmers protesting?
Farmers protested around the Netherlands as lawmakers voted Tuesday on proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants, a plan that will likely force farmers to cut their livestock herds or stop work altogether.

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.

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