The rejection of producers and entities towards the Buenos Aires province bill that seeks to create a tax on methane emissions is growing.

Over the weekend, the debate regarding a draft law in the province of Buenos Aires gained momentum, stipulating an Environmental Tax on Methane in Buenos Aires (TAMBA) that, based on the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, promises to "mitigate methane emissions" and make livestock activity feasible in the long term. The first to reject the idea were the producers from Buenos Aires and La Pampa, as expected, and it was their president, Ignacio Kovarsky, who engaged in a live streaming debate from the field with the author of the project, deputy Lucía Klug. There, an interesting debate was generated about the emissions of different sectors of the economy, where both presented their arguments: Kovarsky defended the livestock sector with data, Klug clarified the scope of the project. That debate was followed by different actors from the agricultural and particularly the livestock sector. The Argentine Feedlot Chamber (CAF) issued a statement on the matter. In it, the ...