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| EU bans imports of products linked to deforestation, freezing Europeans cut down forests to survive |
| 2022-12-28 |
| [HotAir] Well, hello there, Irony. How are ya? The European Union is very proud of its environmental record, as we all know. In fact, they’re the masters of cutting off their green noses to spite their cold faces. In a rich display of environmental hypocrisy, the powers in Brussels touted a new law they’d enacted at the beginning of the month. The European Union has agreed a new law that would ban the import of products linked to deforestation. Household goods such as coffee, chocolate, and some furniture will have to pass strict checks to ensure forests weren’t damaged to create them. All furniture will now be made of plastic. Oh wait. Plastic comes from oil and coal. OK, no more furniture! Sounds GREAT, right? Always be conscious of what your consumer habits are doing to the environment of other countries. Your filthy Western Colonizer addictions are not improving Third World countries nor pulling people out of poverty — your mocha grande is actually destroying that country. For that audacity, we must punish the producers and purveyors of the goods. Feed that green guilt monster about the pleasures you enjoy as an advanced culture without actually, you know, disrupting the flow of said pleasures. Nice, huh? ...The rules cover palm oil, cattle, soy, coffee, cocoa, timber and rubber that is imported into the EU. Those people are nuts. Wait. Are nuts allowed? They come from trees. They also cover anything derived from these products, such as beef, the European Commission said in a press release. Eat bugs! Pascal Canfin, the chairman of the European Parliament’s environment committee, said: "It’s the coffee we have for breakfast, the chocolate we eat, the coal in our barbecues, the paper in our books." Companies selling their products into the EU will have to prove their goods are not linked to deforestation, or face fines of up to four percent of their annual EU turnover. Saving the world from itself one coffee and cow fart at a time. The law hasn’t been ratified yet — as it must be, by all the member states — but it already has its cheerleaders. Greenpeace is, for the most part, thrilled. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #1 While yes, I agree there needs to be a some realistic level of Eco protection. But it should NOT be at the cost of killing humans to save a $%^&* tree, or something that only exists in 1 very small place on earth (Snail darter). Especially when mother nature itself does far, far worse to itself each year. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-12-28 08:35 |