Posted on 12 June 2009. Tags: country, cows, farming, Iceland, injury, legal, Reykjavik, supreme court
The Supreme Court of Iceland yesterday sentenced a farmer to pay ISK 2 million plus interest to a young woman hurt by a cow with a newborn calf in 2002.
The girl, who was 14 at the time, was injured when the cow gored and trampled her shortly after giving birth to a calf. The girl has suffered back complaints ever since and is considered 5 percent physically disabled. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Society
Posted on 03 March 2009. Tags: carbon tax, cattle, cows, greenhouse gases, methane, tax
The latest climate-friendly tax being proposed in the Danish parliament focuses on the methane emissions that come from cattle when they break wind. The agricultural methane tax is certainly one of the more controversial measures currently being considered by the government. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, MBL, Politics