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Dutch government angers farmers with tough emission goals

FILE - Protesting farmers gather in The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 16, 2019. The Dutch government unveiled goals Friday to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the environment, a plan that would lead to major upheavals in the Netherlands' multibillion dollar agriculture industry and has already angered some farmers. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) FILE - Some thousand of farmers converge on The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2020, in the latest protest against the government's plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide. The Dutch government unveiled goals Friday June 10, 2022, to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the environment, a plan that would lead to major upheavals in the Netherlands' multibillion dollar agriculture industry and has already angered some farmers. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Dutch government angers farmers with tough emission goals