How odd
Originally tweeted by Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) on July 19, 2022.
Long BBC story about Sri Lanka and tea
and not πΌπ»π² mention that the catastrophe was because the President decided to have Sri Lanka go organic on April 27, 2021
Almost as if this is not politically correct to say?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62221355
President very clear that he wanted to get rid of synthetic fertilizers for health reasons, not to save money
https://www.ft.lk/news/Organic-fertiliser-for-a-healthy-future-generation-President/56-717817
Sri Lanka will become first country to be free of chemical fertilizer; President
A 20-step plan to transform Sri Lanka into βgreen socio-economyβ
renewable energy
environmentally designed urban houses
reduce banned plastic (?)
25% extra tax on cars
βEncouraging mass media to spread environment friendly programs among the massesβ
Cabinet nod to Presidentβs proposal to ban chemical fertilizer and pesticides
Just like Bloomberg couldnβt make themselves say that it was because of Sri Lanka going organic
Originally tweeted by Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) onΒ July 19, 2022.
via Watts Up With That?
July 30, 2022
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