Save the bees & go solar
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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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Gov. Murphy signs legislation to limit applications of bee-killing pesticides
Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation (S1016/A2070) that classifies neonicotinoid insecticides, also known as neonics, as restricted use pesticides. New Jersey is the sixth state to adopt this save-the-bees policy, which limits non-agricultural uses of neonics.
Gov. Murphy signs legislation to limit applications of bee-killing pesticides
“By embracing this bill, we are taking some of the sting out of an increasingly toxic environment for bees,” said Doug O’Malley, state director of Environment New Jersey. “We can now promise our pollinators a safer Garden State when they return in the spring.”
N.J. Assembly passes legislation to limit uses of bee-killing pesticides
“By passing this bill, we are taking some of the sting out of an increasingly toxic environment for bees,” said Doug O’Malley, state director of Environment New Jersey. “We can now promise our pollinators a safer Garden State when they return in the spring.”
Year in review: environmental victories in 2021
Environment America and its state partners made important headway on a broad range of environmental issues in 2021 – from protecting wild spaces and our drinking water to speeding our transition to clean energy and reforming our transportation system.
Showing gratitude for bees this Thanksgiving
Many Thanksgiving favorites wouldn’t be the same without bees
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Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America