Search Articles
BERLIN — Averting a referendum, the leaders of the two governing parties in Bavaria, Germany, said Wednesday they would back a plan by environmentalists to save bees and protect biodiversity.
Criticized by farmers, the plan supported in February by over 18 percent of the region’s electorate, about 1.75 million people, calls for Bavaria to banish many pesticides from a third of the state’s agricultural land and to set space aside to protect imperiled insects.
Subscribe to our free newsletters
Our weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.