WORLD FIRST: Denmark Set to Impose Carbon Tax on Livestock Farmers

Denmark is set to tax farmers for emissions from their cattle and other livestock.

Denmark is set to tax farmers for emissions from their cattle and other livestock.

Dependent on approval from national parliament, which is expected to come in August, Denmark will become the first country on earth to extract a carbon tax from livestock farmers.

Beginning in 2030, farmers will be taxed 120 Danish krone, equivalent to $43 USD, per annual t…