Canada intends to offer cattle feeders incentives to reduce methane emissions. In a statement issued Dec. 10 Environment and Climate Change Canada said it had published a draft protocol, Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions from Beef Cattle, to encourage producers to make changes that would cut emissions from burping cattle. In return producers would receive offset credits, each representing one tonne of emissions reductions. The credits could then be sold to other businesses or facilities that need to meet their targets.

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