22-07-2020 15:19 via kvoa.com

Dutch farmers protest move to cut emissions from livestock

DE BILT, Netherlands (AP) — About 2,000 farmers have gathered in the central Netherlands for the latest in a string of protests against government efforts to cut emissions of nitrogen oxides from livestock. Local authorities banned the farmers from driving their tractors to the small town of De Bilt for Wednesday’s demonstration. Previous farmers’ protests have caused traffic chaos as slow-moving convoys of tractors snarled roads. Instead, the farmers drove to the protest in ca
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