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EPA Approves Bee-Killing Pesticide After U.S. Quits Tracking Vanishing Hives
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sulfoxaflor-epa-honeybee-colonies-usda-data-200-million-acres_n_5d2bf580e4b0060b11eeb5f1
The EPA’s action could be catastrophic for honeybees, environmentalists said. Honeybee colonies, which pollinate a third of all the crops Americans consume, have plummeted from 6 million in 1947 to 2.4 million in 2008. But data tracking the already beleaguered colonies in an annual Honey Bee Colonies survey— and the future consequences from the EPA action — will no longer be collected by the USDA due to undisclosed budget restraints, the department announced this month. Meanwhile, the USDA is arranging some $27 billion for two years of extra subsidies to farmers to cushion the blow of Trump’s trade war with China.
The EPA’s action could be catastrophic for honeybees, environmentalists said. Honeybee colonies, which pollinate a third of all the crops Americans consume, have plummeted from 6 million in 1947 to 2.4 million in 2008. But data tracking the already beleaguered colonies in an annual Honey Bee Colonies survey— and the future consequences from the EPA action — will no longer be collected by the USDA due to undisclosed budget restraints, the department announced this month. Meanwhile, the USDA is arranging some $27 billion for two years of extra subsidies to farmers to cushion the blow of Trump’s trade war with China.
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