New Zealand proposes taxing farm animal emissions. The nation is home to some 10 million beef and dairy cattle and 26 million sheep, but just 5 million people. Posted October 11, 2022.

New Zealand's government on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. AP Photo/Mark ...

New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. Farmers quickly condemned the plan.

More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions. Skip to main content.

New Zealand farmers will start to pay a levy on agricultural emissions by 2025 -- a move Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said would be a world first.. The government will adopt the main ...

New Zealand is tightening rules on forest planting to exert more control on the amount of farmland being converted for either logging or carbon offset.

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand — More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a probiotic that studies show reduces burps — or methane emissions.