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It said that “Strive”, the Environmental Protection Agency/Economic and Social Research Institute report published last week, shows the impact of the tax varies from €25 per household per year (inner city) to €275 in some rural areas.
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IRELAND MAY have purchased more carbon credits than necessary to meet the country’s Kyoto targets for greenhouse gas emissions, Minister for the Environment John Gormley has said.
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IRELAND MAY have purchased more carbon credits than necessary to meet the country’s Kyoto targets for greenhouse gas emissions, Minister for the Environment John Gormley has said.
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Irish postal operator, An Post, has confirmed its commitment to a 20% carbon cut and 100% Renewable Electricityby 2020.
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The Irish Dairy Industries Association has attacked plans for a carbon tax as ‘uncompetitive’ while claiming to support the drive for a low carbon economy.
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This week’s Irish Budget saw the introduction of a carbon tax, which will apply to all carbon fuels sold and consumed in the Republic of Ireland, including heating oil, LPG, mains gas and solid fuel.
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CARBON TAX on domestic solid fuel could open up a huge price difference between the Republic and Northern Ireland, leading to widespread smuggling of illegal high-sulphur coal across the Border, according to lobby group the Solid Fuel Trade Group.
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CARBON TAX should be postponed, excise duties on alcohol cut and an “ambitious” jobs stimulus package introduced, employers’ group Ibec has argued in its pre-budget submission published this morning.
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OPINION: A carbon tax is only one element in a push towards sustainable and green development, writes FRANK J CONVERY
IN COLM McCarthy’s critique of Comhar Sustainable Development Council’s Towards a Green New Deal for Ireland (Opinion and Analysis, October 9th), he supports the view of climate change boffin Bill Nordhaus, that “raising the price of carbon is a necessary and sufficient step for tackling global warming”.
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TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has been told by some of Ireland’s business leaders that the Government needs to prepare strong legislation on climate change, based on the latest scientific evidence.
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IRELAND pioneered the plastic bag tax. Before the levy was introduced in 2002, economic studies predicted it would reduce plastic bag consumption by about 30pc.
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It is time for people to sit up and take note of what the Greens in Government are proposing.
They want us to cough up for an additional carbon tax on top of the existing punitive excise duties and tax we are already paying — which are among the highest in Europe and the world.
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IN May this year Croke Park announced that it was one of the first ‘carbon neutral’ stadiums in the world.
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Ireland may have spent €72m on unnecessarily buying up carbon credits, it emerged last night.
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A new report suggests Ireland has the capacity to become a global financial hub for carbon trading.
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