Denmark, a major pork and dairy exporter, will introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030, making it the first country to do so and hoping to inspire others to follow, the government said on Tuesday.
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Denmark will be first to impose CO2 tax on livestock emissions, government says
Denmark bets on cow feed additive to reduce methane emissions
The Nordic country has pledged to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.
Denmark has agreed to help farmers finance a feed additive that is expected to reduce methane emissions from cattle by up to 30 per cent, as part of efforts to meet ambitious climate goals, its government said on Monday.
Danish farmers concerned carbon tax will lead to lower production
Dairy giant says new technology has reduced emissions by 1 million tonnes in two years
Copenhagen | Reuters -- Denmark's farmers on Wednesday voiced concerns that plans to levy a carbon emission tax on farming as part of efforts to meet Denmark's ambitious climate goals would force them to reduce production and close farms.
Pigs among the poplars: a peek inside a unique Danish hog farm
With saturated markets at home, most of this Danish hog farm’s organic pork fills American appetites
A sow lounges on her side in a dusty hollow she’s dug for herself. A few piglets nestle up to her belly for a quick snack while the rest of her litter capers around her. She and her neighbour sows are too big to escape their electric-fenced pastures, but the piglets are not. Gangs of
Denmark’s Royal Unibrew to buy Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery
Brewer seeks new capacity in North America
Corrected, July 18 — Copenhagen | Reuters –– Danish brewer and beverage maker Royal Unibrew will acquire Toronto craft brewer Amsterdam Brewery in a deal valued at around 250 million Danish crowns (C$44 million), Royal Unibrew said in a statement on Friday. “The acquisition we are doing today is very important for the future growth
Danish farmers required to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
The Nordic nation has some of the most ambitious targets in the world
Denmark’s agricultural and forestry sector must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent and 65 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a majority in parliament agreed. The new legally binding target is part of the government’s action plan towards reaching 70 per cent reductions by 2030, one of the most ambitious climate goals
Denmark to compensate mink farmers after nationwide cull
Copenhagen | Reuters — Denmark, the top exporter of mink furs, will compensate its mink farmers with up to 19 billion Danish crowns (C$3.95 billion) following an order last year to cull the country’s entire population. Denmark’s entire herd of some 17 million mink, one of the world’s biggest and highly valued for the quality
Denmark wants to dig up ‘zombie mink’ that resurfaced from mass graves
Copenhagen | Reuters — Denmark’s government said on Friday it wants to dig up mink that were culled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after some resurfaced from mass graves. Denmark ordered all farmed mink to be culled early this month after finding that 12 people had been infected by a mutated strain of
Canada’s mink farms brace for COVID
Producers have had time to increase biosecurity efforts at the farm level
Canada’s 40 mink farms are operating under heightened biosecurity requirements after reports of COVID-19 jumping from humans to mink in Europe. Alan Herscovici, an industry spokesperson who operates the website Truthaboutfur.com, said early reports out of Denmark and other European countries gave Canadian producers some time to prepare. “These farms have always had a certain
Coronavirus kills 15,000 U.S. mink
Affected states aren't planning to cull
Chicago | Reuters — More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said. Global health officials are eying the animals as a potential risk for people after Denmark last week
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