Farmers squeezed as New Zealand aims for carbon neutrality
As New Zealand works toward carbon-neutral goal, its farmers seethe at proposal to make them the world's first forced to pay if they exceed government-imposed limits on greenhouse gases. Livestock-generated methane and more potent nitrous oxide make up about half the greenhouse gases that New Zealand adds to Earth's air.
Los Angeles Times 2008-06-07
Categories: Agriculture, BUSINESS, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Index: burping, carbon dioxide, Federated Farmers of New Zealand, flatulence, Helen Clark, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mark Aspin, methane, methanogens, New Zealand, Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium, rumen, Wellington