Curb Neonic Use to Save Bees—And Farmers
Neonicotinoid pesticides place California's bees and pollinators at risk. The Pollinator Protection Act is an important step to securing their protection from these toxic pesticides.
Save the bees
As bee populations drop around the world, endangering ecosystems and food production alike, we’re working to give bees the space they need to thrive.
Bees play a crucial role in our lives. But as our society uses more pesticides, their populations are plummeting. Fortunately, we know how to help them: protecting already-existing bee habitat, expanding habitat by planting pollinator-friendly plants in our own gardens and on public lands, and ending the worst uses of the pesticides that are killing them. Together, we can save the bees.
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Did You Know?
Around the world, 75% of all food crops and a full 90% of all wild flowering plants rely on bees for pollination.
Want to learn more about the ways our world relies on bees? Check out this link for more information.
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Statement: Assembly passes legislation to limit bee-killing neonics pesticide
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Assembly passed legislation (AB 2146) by a 45:14 vote this afternoon to ban most non-agricultural uses of the neonicotinoid, commonly known as neonics, class of pesticides.
The buzz is growing louder: The state-by-state movement to save the bees
Nearly one in seven Americans lives in a state that has restricted the sale or use of bee-killing neonics
Statement: Assembly Environment Committee Passes Legislation To Limit Bee-Killing Neonics Pesticide
The California Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee passed legislation (AB 2146) by a 6:2 vote this afternoon to ban most non-agricultural uses of the neonicotinoid class of pesticides, commonly known as neonics.
Team
Blackledge
Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Managing Director, Frontier Group; Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network
Deehan
Laura
Deehan
State Director, Environment California