Jos Ubels of the Farmers Defense Force speaks out against nitrogen policies targeting the agriculture industry in the Netherlands.new government has been strictly enforcing nitrogen policies to curb cattle emissions, which is wreaking havoc on the industry.
"Our government decided they made up some way of dealing with it. But then environmental organizations stood up [and went to]… court with the government and actually this environmental organization won. So from this moment on, nitrogen laws [were] tightened and very strict. Our government is exaggerating [the stringencies] because they are scared of more lawsuits."
According to the government,"The Netherlands is also being confronted with climate change and threats to the quality of the soil and water. That is why the government is combining nitrogen measures with other measures to improve… the Netherlands’However, Ubels feels that the farming industry has been"picked on" more than the transportation industry – especially at the beginning of the crackdown in 2019.