New Zealand's center-right government said Tuesday it is scrapping a scheme to price greenhouse gas emissions from livestock—squelching a so-called burp tax. New legislation will be introduced to ...

Sheep and cats played disruptive roles in New Zealand's subantarctic islands, transforming local ecosystems considerably. The ...

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New Zealand’s government this week proposed taxing the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals. It’s the first time that an actual tax has been suggested, though scientists have been working on ...

Hans Kriek hasn't eaten meat in 40 years. He's been involved in the animal rights movement for 30. So he's heartened by a new law in his country that declares animals to be "sentient beings" -- ...

The New Zealand government on Tuesday confirmed plans to price agricultural long-lived gases and biogenic methane that mainly comes from cow and sheep burps separately, in a plan that farm groups have ...

New Zealand will stop all live exports of livestock by sea beginning in April next year thanks to a new law passed by the country’s parliament. Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor said that ...