Proposal for green tax on cattle gas stinks, US farmers say
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-09 07:44
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Dairy farmer David Keizer milks cattle on his ranch on June 29 last year near Delavan, Wisconsin. US farmers have expressed outrage over a proposal to levy a "cow tax" on methane, a greenhouse gas emitted by livestock. Getty Images |
MONTGOMERY, Alabama: For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides to charge fees for air-polluting animals.
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