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Scientists Say Tax Meat to Help Cut Methane Emissions
2013-12-31 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Meat should be taxed to encourage people to eat less of it, so reducing the production of global warming gases from sheep, cattle and goats, according to a group of scientists. The scientists' analysis takes the contentious step of suggesting methane emissions be cut by pushing up the price of meat through a tax or emissions trading scheme. Several high-profile figures, from the chief of the UN's climate science panel to the economist Lord Stern, have previously advocated eating less meat to...
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