…will it still be taxed?
New Zealand’ government plans an enlarging set of carbon taxes expected to cover livestock belching and flatulence. Money quote:

The nation’s carbon-trading project was expanded in July to require energy producers to pay for their emissions. By 2015, the system will include agriculture, forcing farmers to pay for emissions their cows and sheep make through belching.

That, says Don Nicolson, president of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc., is too big a burden on its 25,000 members. The Wellington-based group opposed the program, particularly after it became clear the nation would adopt the policy largely alone.

The NZ gov is paying sheep farmers to plant forests as carbon sinks, instead. Mo’ money quote:

Even the government says the program will have little impact on global greenhouse gas emissions. …. Rather, the government introduced carbon trading to enhance the country’s green image, boost exports, attract tourists and increase influence in global climate talks, Prime Minister John Key said on Television New Zealand in June.

‘Cuz, of course, the reason I haven’t scratched that itch to fly from Arkansas to Auckland is that the Kiwis aren’t green enough. It has nothing to do with the wallet-crushing price of airfare.

There’s just so much more goodness in this article, but I’ll leave the pleasures of further discovery to the reader. It’s worth it.