Neither cows are spared from taxes: Days before leaving her position, a Kirchnerist legislator seeks to impose an environmental tax.

A few days before she has to leave her position in the Buenos Aires legislature, deputy of Unión por la Patria, Lucía Lorena Klug, presented a project that promises to add a bit of drama to her farewell. It is about the one that proposes the creation of an "Environmental Tax on Methane in Buenos Aires (TAMBA)" which, based on the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, promises to "mitigate methane gas emissions" and make livestock activity feasible in the long term. "According to Argentina's GHG Inventory, the Province of Buenos Aires is one of the main emitters, generating a quarter of the country's total GHG, driven by its population density and productive development. Of the total provincial emissions, 27% corresponds to methane (CH4), with livestock activities (19% of provincial CH4 emissions) and urban solid waste management (6% of provincial CH4 emissions) being two of the most relevant sources," indicated the legislator – who will be replaced by none other than Juan ...