The Confederation of Rural Associations of Buenos Aires and La Pampa (CARBAP) questioned the initiative to create a tax on the methane gas emitted by cows, stating that it directly affects producers and stems from misinformation. In an interview with the Vamos Rivadavia program on Radio Rivadavia, the president of CARBAP, Ignacio Kovarsky, stated that the intention to create an Environmental Fee on Methane in Buenos Aires (TAMBA) by deputy Lucía Klug (Unión por la Patria) is "an incredible thing." In this regard, he acknowledged that "it is a project that has been around for a few months but has gained relevance and traction in recent days" and criticized that "the only thing the Buenos Aires Legislature can come up with is to increasingly tax those who produce." Sharing that he had a dialogue with the deputy promoting the initiative, the agricultural leader specified that "they believe that by levying an environmental fee, they will raise awareness among producers to strive for more sustainable livestock farming and, in this way, generate a fund for pollution mitigation." In this sense, he expressed that "they believe that by taxing and generating more taxes, something will change just by the force of intention." Likewise, Kovarsky stated that the initiative is baseless because "it lacks foundation since in the world they no longer even talk about emissions as this project refers to" by pointing out that "today they talk about the carbon balance." In this regard, he explained that "the methane from a cow in 9 to 12 years dissociates into water vapor and carbon, which is the fundamental basis for grass and plants to produce oxygen and green matter." In this way, he insisted that "there is a conceptual error in the difference between pollution and emissions" and revealed that "in Argentine livestock farming, feedlots are what is done the least." In this context, Kovarsky pointed out that "they are focusing on one of the sectors that emits the least" and affirmed that "there is an abysmal misinformation" on the part of the project's promoters regarding the entire issue.
