News Digest Item
06 Jan 2017

“The Bratwurst on the plate actually has something to do with the climate”

Deutschlandfunk

The Federal Environment Agency’s (UBA) proposal to raise the reduced VAT on animal products has no chance of enforcement due to widespread opposition, but is principally a reasonable means for climate protection, writes Georg Ehring in an opinion piece for Deutschlandfunk. “There should not be special discounts for products whose excessive consumption harm the climate,” writes Ehring. “But an election year is probably not the best moment to implement such ideas.”

Read the opinion piece in German here.

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