Biden’s Net-Zero Agenda Spells Trouble Down on the Farm and at the Supermarket

Biden’s Net-Zero Agenda Spells Trouble Down on the Farm and at the Supermarket
President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the COP27 summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 11, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Bonner R. Cohen
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Feeling the heat from farmers dumping manure in front of government buildings across the continent, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pumping the brakes on a pillar of the European Union’s net-zero climate policy and withdrawing an EU-wide bill that would force farmers to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50 percent by 2030.

Bonner R. Cohen
Bonner R. Cohen
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Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations.
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