Bob DeJager walks through cow manure on his dairy farm in Chino, Calif. Regulators, trying to clean up Southern California's air, say pollutants rising from cow manure mix with smokestack and tailpipe emissions blowing inland from the coast create the dirtiest air in the nation.
WASHINGTON - The satirical poster shows a cow wearing a gas mask over its face and a tube coming out of its hind quarters. A caption describes the set-up as an alternative to the "cow tax."
The poster is a prop used by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., and "cow tax" is a term used by the Omaha congressman and others who say they're worried that pending legislation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and factories could also be applied to the, er, natural emissions produced by livestock.
The legislation, known as "cap and trade," would put a limit on the production of greenhouse gas emissions from major sources, and cattle are a major producer. It also would require those operations to obtain allowances for the emissions that they produce.
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Proponents say the approach is an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the devastating toll that climate change already is starting to take on the planet and humans.
Read the story... | Source: Omaha.com | Posted: 6/12/09
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