Ban on Neonicotinoids lifted in the USA

[Catherine]

This is very bad news. The ban on Neonicotinoids was just a start at protecting our bees and other pollinators. It had not had enough time to restore things. It would take many more years for population decline to reverse itself. Lifting the ban is a terrible thing. It puts pollinators and birds and whole ecosystems at risk. It makes no sense to do something so reckless and dangerous to the future of things like food production and the environment.


https://www.newsweek.com/neonicotinoids-...an-1061906


www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bees-gmo-crops-environment-barack-obama-wildlife-refuges-a8481881.html

Even if someone doesn't care about the environment, selfishness should push them to protect things that make life better for them. Bees, pollinators in general and healthy ecosystems work to produce the food we eat, even the air we breath. Why wouldn't we want to protect those things.
Of course we should want to protect them because it is the right thing to do, but it is asking too much to expect some people to be motivated by doing the right thing.