Category: emissions trading scheme

New Zealand Farmers Could Soon Pay Flatulent Tax for Livestock Under World-First Plan

October 12, 2022
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The New Zealand government has taken on the proposal by the farming sector for a separate pricing system on greenhouse emissions, which includes paying tax on the methane produced by livestock, most notably its cows and sheep. In June, the He Waka Eke Noa, a partnership between agriculture leaders and the government, proposed that farmers…

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New Zealand Farmers Offer to Pay Flatulent Tax to Help Emissions Targets

June 9, 2022
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New Zealand’s agriculture leaders have released a plan for the sector to have its own pricing system on gas emissions from 2025 in a bid to avoid joining the nation’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The agriculture sector is the country’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions but is exempt from its ETS, drawing significant criticism….

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