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Article: United States : Changes to ETS will reduce agriculture s advantage.
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- October 6, 2009
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Proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme will reduce agriculture's competitive advantage but not necessarily the greenhouse gas it emits, according to a report by Dunedin consultants AbacusBio.
The report said that rather than being a gun to the head of agriculture as described by its critics, the emission trading scheme as proposed would be a "ball and chain dragging farmers down".
While agriculture's entry to the ETS has been delayed until 2015, a decision still has to be made whether the point of obligation lies with farmers or processors.
Government officials have reiterated the earlier ETS proposal that it lies with processors.
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