Higher Meat & Dairy Taxes Could Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up To 42%

photo: Michael Cannon / Creative Commons Let’s take as given the fact that raising animals for meat and dairy is a major part of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions . A new study coming out of the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology outlines one way of reining those in: A direct tax on meat and dairy. One of €60/ton of CO2-equivalent would re… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Higher Meat & Dairy Taxes Could Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up To 42%

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