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<P><BIG><STRONG>We're winning! </STRONG>Agricultural giants used every trick in
the book - even the war in Ukraine - to convince European leaders to ditch a new
climate law protecting nature on farms. [1] But the <STRONG>WeMove Europe
community carried the truth to Brussels</STRONG> on a huge, people-powered wave,
and now we're just a step away from getting the laws we need. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Agricultural giants lobbied hard to make sure this new law would never
see the light of day. <STRONG>They spread the lie that we need to destroy more
nature,</STRONG> to have more land to grow food and that this is how we would
protect our food supply. For a while, they were winning and convinced EU leaders
to postpone this law twice!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>But we know the climate crisis is the real threat to our food
supply. </STRONG>We're already seeing droughts and heat waves making farmers'
jobs even harder in Europe and affecting food supplies across the continent. [2]
We need to protect nature like trees, which, as our earth's lungs, absorb
greenhouse gases and fight climate change.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>So together, we made sure that EU leaders heard the truth.
</STRONG>We sent hundreds of tweets to the Environment Commissioner, Virginijus
Sinkevičius, telling him how important defending Europe's nature is for our
future. He agreed: we need new laws to restore nature! [3] </BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>We<STRONG> </STRONG>gathered over 100,000 signatures and, together with
our partners, <STRONG>convinced the Vice-President of the European Commission,
</STRONG>Frans Timmermans, <STRONG>to announce the new law. He said, "the
citizens of Europe have demanded this."</STRONG> [4] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>The Restore Nature Law will be the first in 30 years to stop
wildlife from disappearing in the EU: a massive win for nature.</STRONG> [5]
Farmers will be forced to leave land free for trees and hedges and cut their use
of chemical pesticides by half. The changes will help reduce the greenhouse
gases that cause climate change and support the recovery of vital insect
populations, like bees. [6]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Agricultural giants would have rather grabbed this land to make
more profits. </STRONG>They want to use this land to produce more food, using
industrial methods, artificial fertilisers and chemical
pesticides. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We supported the ways of family farmers instead. </STRONG>They
are the experts leading the way, proving that we can grow enough food without
damaging the planet. Now, with this proposal, we are even closer to making their
way of farming in harmony with nature the norm. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Thank you for making this happen,<BR>David (London), Rachel (Amsterdam),
Olga (Bologna) and the entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-eu-food-farmer-green-deal-corn-fertilizer/<BR>[2]
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/europeans-pant-early-summer-heat-waves-threatening-drought-wildfires-2022-06-17/<BR>[3]
https://twitter.com/VSinkevicius/status/1536357263228776449<BR>[4] Commission
announcement during midday briefing 22 June 2022
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en%5E/speech_22_3968<BR>[5]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/22/eu-legislation-restoration-ecosystems-biodiversity-aoe<BR>[6]
The Restore Nature Law is a package of rules to protect fallow areas of land and
make sure farmers are restoring nature on parts of their farms by, for example,
planting trees, hedges, and fallows on their fields as well as pesticide and
fertiliser reduction targets.
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030/eu-nature-restoration-targets_en <BR>[7]
https://presse.inserm.fr/publication-de-lexpertise-collective-inserm-pesticides-et-effets-sur-la-sante-nouvelles-donnees/43303/
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