Gas Tax Measured in Dollars and Scents Fails
From Times Wire Reports
Farmers claimed victory when New Zealand’s government dropped a plan to impose levies on “emissions” from sheep, cattle and deer herds.
The flatulence levy would have raised about $4.5 million a year for research aimed at cutting the methane output of farm animals, which makes up more than half the total greenhouse gas produced by New Zealand.
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