Canberra rules out methane cut target

Australia yesterday ruled out promising to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by the end of the decade.
Australian Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor announced his government’s decision before he was to fly with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to a UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
The US and the EU last month pledged to 30 percent methane reduction targets.
Taylor said that the only way Australia could achieve such a target would be to reduce numbers of cattle and sheep.
“At present, almost half of Australia’s annual methane emissions come from the agriculture sector, where no affordable, practical

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