We need state and local governments to create space for bees to survive.
John,
I wanted to make sure you saw my email below.
The Trump administration recently admitted that it issued “emergency” approvals to spray bee-killing pesticides on more than 16 million acres of crops in 2019.
And earlier this month, a federal court revoked the registration for three dicamba herbicides, yet Trump’s EPA is allowing farming to continue spraying these harmful chemicals despite the overwhelming evidence of their ecological harm.
Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch
John,
The Trump administration recently admitted that it issued “emergency” approvals to spray bee-killing pesticides on more than 16 million acres of crops in 2019.
Trump’s own EPA even admitted that these pesticides are “very toxic to bees.” Meanwhile, these backdoor approvals applied to crops that specifically attract bees.
U.S. beekeepers have suffered through the worst winter bee die-off ever, and some bee species are now facing extinction. Now, new invasive species like the notorious “murder hornet” make the outlook for our food-enabling bees even worse.
While Trump is still in the White House we must count on our state and local governments to take action to help bees survive. A growing movement of cities and states have already banned the use of bee-killing pesticides, and officials are considering bee-saving legislation in states like Colorado, Maine, Minnesota and New Jersey.
Earlier this year, Trump’s EPA also announced its decision to re-approve another very dangerous pesticide, Glyphosate (the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup pesticides), giving its blessing for the continued use of the poison for another 15 years! Even in the middle of a pandemic, Trump is still hard at work destroying the environment.
This dangerous decision by the EPA means we will be eating, drinking and breathing Glyphosate poison for years to come while honey bees will continue suffering from loss of habitat and poisoning from pesticides. Our EPA should be working to protect our food, water and climate and not dangerous corporations such as Bayer (which now owns Monsanto).
Will you join our fight to ban poisonous, bee-killing pesticides?
Dozens of state and local jurisdictions, from Skagway, Alaska to Portland, Maine have banned poisonous, bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. Now the momentum is growing to give bees places where they can survive until a president who respects science can adopt the nationwide protections needed.
Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Action and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate. This email was sent to [email protected] - and we're glad you got it, because it's one of the most important ways you can reclaim political power, hold elected officials accountable and resist corporate control.
