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Farmers up in arms at the new carbon reduction targets.

Farmers up in arms

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07.48 26 Oct 2021


Farmers up in arms at the new carbon reduction targets.


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07.48 26 Oct 2021


51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within a decade.  That's the ambitious target set out by the Climate Change Advisory Council, though farmers say reaching that goal may have serious repercussions for their sector.   For more on this, we spoke to Martin Heydon is Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine.

 

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