, it had appeared the continent-wide demonstrations made an impact, as the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, nixed some of its unrealistic green plans for a global utopia. Gone, for example, are rules to force the reduction of nitrogen and methane and plans to persuade European citizens to eat less meat.
The member states were supposed to give final approval to the biodiversity bill on Monday following months of proceedings through the EU’s institutional maze. But what was supposed to be a mere rubber stamp has now turned into its possible perpetual shelving. The bill is part of an overall project that aims for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, demanding short and medium-term changes and sacrifices from all parts of society to reap the benefits in a generation.
Barring the detonation of a large number of nuclear bombs, humans cannot directly change climate on a global scale. At present, with something likeThe original environmental agency’s mission of reducing needless pollution is a reasonably achievable goal.