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New emissions tax on farmers outline released today

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Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 6:21pm
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New emissions tax on farmers outline released today

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2022, 6:21pm

Jacinda Ardern released a tax plan outline that would require farmers to pay for agricultural emissions by 2025 today.

The plan has been considered as a step forward in the decades-long discussion to find a way to hold farms accountable for producing a substantial amount of methane emissions.

Barry Soper, political editor, talks about the mass reaction to this tax plan announcement, and how farming lobby groups aren't as impressed as the rest of the world seems to be.

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