Cows and pigs produce a large share of planet-warming methane. A new tax is part of a plan to clean that up. Denmark is home to five times as many pigs and cattle as people. A dairy farm in ...

Europe Denmark imposes world's first carbon tax on flatulent farm animals The European country's goal is to reduce Danish greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels by 2030 ...

Denmark, a European Union member, will become the first country to tax farmyard animals in an attempt to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, multiple outlets reported. The government of ...

Three piglets were left to starve in an art exhibition. Then they vanished. Marco Evaristti’s provocative exhibition in Copenhagen was designed to protest Denmark’s pork industry.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark reported Tuesday cases of bluetongue in the country's east, a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease that is harmless to humans but can be fatal for so ...

The Animal Protection Denmark welfare group says that sows are bred in the Danish pig industry to produce about 20 piglets at a time, but only have 14 teats, ...

Antimicrobial usage in animals in Denmark continued to increase in 2013 – mainly due to an increased use in pigs. However, antimicrobial use in pigs is still 12% lower than in 2009. In general, ...

Denmark’s government has set aside millions to make its food more plant-based. Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl helped lead the way. ... with a focus on animal welfare and the future of meat.

Denmark's got a beef with climate change, and this time, it's literally with their cows. The country will become the first in the world to tax livestock farmers for methane emissions from their ...

Denmark's coalition government agreed this week to tax livestock owners the equivalent of US$96 per head per year from 2030 due to greenhouse gases produced by animal flatulence, Tax Minister ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats… ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark, known for its inventive restaurants and elegant design studios, is about to become known for something more basic: the world’s first belch and manure tax.