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Tractor Trails Of Protesting Dutch Farmers Snarl Traffic for Hundreds Of Miles

Farmers say their livestock and operations are being unfairly blamed for greenhouse gas emissions. They descended on The Hague, causing what's been called the country's worst morning rush hour.
In the Netherlands, farmers block a major highway with their tractors on Tuesday during a national protest. Farmers say their livestock and operations are being unfairly blamed for greenhouse gas emissions.

Thousands of Dutch farmers rolled their tractors over highways to The Hague to protest a possible crackdown on nitrogen emissions from livestock and farming operations. The angry farmers snarled traffic for hundreds of miles in what has been called the.

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