France's Minister for the Ecological Transition has resigned after lawmakers approved a bill allowing bee-harming pesticides to come back into use.
"Contrary to the commitments that had been made to me, the government prevented any debate on the removal of this measure," Monique Barbut said in a statement posted on LinkedIn.
She said that the reversal was "one environmental setback too many." Barbut previously headed WWF France after serving as executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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