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    For the third straight year, the U.K. announced on January 23, 2023 that it will permit the use of sugar beet seeds coated with a banned neonicotinoid pesticide lethal to bees.

    'Shameful': UK Approves 'Emergency' Use of Banned Bee-Killing Pesticide

    "The real 'emergency' here is our declining biodiversity," said one campaigner. "It's time farmers got support for alternatives, not a green light for using toxic chemicals."

    Kenny Stancil
    Jan 24, 2023

    Biodiversity defenders have sounded the alarm about the United Kingdom government's Monday decision to provide another so-called "emergency" exception for the use of an outlawed neonicotinoid pesticide lethal to bees.

    "Bad news again for bees as the U.K. government allows banned neonicotinoids in our fields against the advice of its own experts," Friends of the Earth campaigner Sandra Bell tweeted. "The real 'emergency' here is our declining biodiversity—it's time farmers got support for alternatives, not a green light for using toxic chemicals."

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    Protesters hold bees killed by pesticides

    'Good News for Bees' as Top EU Court Closes Pesticide Loophole

    "Derogations with neonicotinoid-treated seeds are now definitely banned," said one advocate. "This ruling is relieving and shows the environment counts more than profits from some sugar and pesticide companies!"

    Kenny Stancil
    Jan 20, 2023

    The European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that member states must stop authorizing the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.

    Neonicotinoids are prohibited under E.U. law, but a loophole has enabled governments to grant emergency derogations temporarily permitting the use of seeds coated with these and other banned toxic insecticides.

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    'Huge Win': Court Finds EPA Approval of Bee-Killing Sulfoxaflor Unlawful

    'Huge Win': Court Finds EPA Approval of Bee-Killing Sulfoxaflor Unlawful

    "It's long past time for the EPA to take meaningful action to protect our most imperiled wildlife and put protections in place for endangered species before approving use of toxic pesticides on millions of acres of crops," said one advocate.

    Kenny Stancil
    Dec 21, 2022

    In a major victory for pollinators and other wildlife, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's registration of the bee-killing insecticide sulfoxaflor is unlawful.

    In response to a legal challenge brought by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity, the court argued that the EPA's 2019 decision authorizing the expanded use of sulfoxaflor across more than 200 million acres of pollinator-attractive crops violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The court gave the agency 180 days to collect public comment and issue a new decision on the insecticide, which is produced by Corteva, formerly Dow AgroSciences.

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