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United Kingdom: MPs call for ban on 'nerve agent' neonicotinoid pesticides to protect dwindling bee population

2013-04-05 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Nerve agent pesticides should be banned until science has established whether they are to blame for the rate at which bumblebees and other insects are vanishing from the countryside, a committee of MPs has urged. The All Party Environmental Audit Committee has called for a precautionary moratorium that would prevent three types of neonicotinoid pesticide from being used on the plants that attract bees while they are in flower. The Government has opposed any pesticide ban despite pressure...

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United Kingdom: Owen Paterson calls for email block after bee 'cyberattack'

2013-03-20 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: The "bee-mails' were sent in protest at the UK Government's failure to back a ban on pesticides environmentalists believe are killing bees. But Mr Paterson, the MP for North Shropshire, said the "cyber-attack' was a waste of his time that stopped him from carrying out important national and constituency work. "Everyone has a right to express their view and write to me but this is a cyber-attack on the constituency office,' he said. "The danger is that someone may have a real problem, they...

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EU Fails to Ban Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Support Bee Health

2013-03-15 17:02:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: Syngenta Syngenta has responded to the failure of the European Commission to win support for an EU-wide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides. A majority of Member States refused to support the proposal to restrict their use on all bee attractive crops. The Commission must now decide whether to appeal the decision or amend its proposal. read more

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