A climate solution to appease riled farmers

Controversial decision: People walking in front of the euro sign in Germany. EU lawmakers will vote on the nature restoration law in what’s likely to be a knife-edge decision. — AFP

BRUSSELS: As the river Meuse winds its way from France toward the Netherlands, it cuts through an eastern Belgian province of Limburg where hunks of metallic machinery noisily dredge up 900 tonnes of gravel per hour.

The gravel from the ancient river bed then travels on a rubber belt to be piled into vast mounds which are transported for making cement and other materials in one of the wealthiest corners of Europe.