Overview
- Provincial deputy Lucía Lorena Klug proposed the TAMBA levy, charging livestock producers per kilogram of CO2e tied to herd size and channeling proceeds to a fiduciary fund for urban waste‑management projects.
- Rural organizations CARBAP and CRA condemned the plan as an extra tax that would cut production, competitiveness and jobs, calling it an improper burden on a heavily taxed sector.
- Opposition lawmakers and technical experts argue the project rests on weak science and lacks practical, economical and verifiable methods to measure methane at the farm or animal level.
- The national government rejected the idea, with Production Coordination Secretary Pablo Lavigne labeling it absurd and counterproductive for a key export industry.
- Legislative sources report the bill has no cross‑bench backing, Klug’s term ends imminently and the initiative has negligible prospects of moving in the Buenos Aires legislature.