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For the fourth year running, the UK government has approved the ‘emergency’ use of bee-harming pesticide, thiamethoxam, a type of banned neonicotinoid in the EU. This decision comes in the wake of the European Court of Justice's ruling last year, which deemed such pesticides, along with others detrimental to wildlife, as unlawful. Notably, this move contrasts with the UK government's stance at the 2022 COP15 summit in Montreal, where it advocated for global pesticide reduction.

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