11
Jun
New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases. It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep. New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep. New Zealand's plan to tax cow and sheep burps ? There is no question that we need to cut the amount of methane we are putting into the atmosphere, and an effective emissions pricing system…