European Union countries agreed on Thursday to try to reduce the number of farms covered by proposed rules to cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, despite criticism from some member states.
Livestock emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in the EU have barely fallen for more than a decade.
The European Commission, which drafts EU laws, last year proposed that all cattle, pig and poultry farms with over 150 livestock units face the limits - around 184,000 of Europe's largest farms. Countries including Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Poland pushed for fewer farms to be included, saying the Commission proposal was not realistic and burdensome for farmers.
EU countries have "reduced the environmental ambition and the potential pollutant emission reductions considerably," Finland's State Secretary for Environment Terhi Lehtonen said.
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