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Mon 03 Mar 2009'Cow tax' may be introduced to reduce emissions
THE GOVERNMENT may have to introduce a “cow tax” to help it meet new tough targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions laid out in the EU’s climate change strategy.
It has also been warned that Irish firms may relocate outside Europe to escape the cost of complying with European legislation requiring emissions cuts of 20 per cent by 2020.
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