New Zealand’s policy to tax cows and sheep
New Zealand has announced plans to tax cows and sheep, one of New Zealand’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. This will be the first country to charge farmers for methane emissions from animals. New Zealand has a population of over 5 million and has about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep. About half of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane. However, agricultural emissions were not previously included in New Zealand’s emissions trading system, which has been criticized by critics … Read more