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Should we be taxing cars by weight?

Are heavy cars and SUVs too big a drain on our carbon budget? That’s what the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action will be discussing today.   Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy at the School of Engineering in University College Cork, will be speaking before the committee and joined Ciara this morning to discuss this idea.

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07.30 26 Sep 2023


Should we be taxing cars by weight?


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07.30 26 Sep 2023


Are heavy cars and SUVs too big a drain on our carbon budget? That’s what the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action will be discussing today.  

Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy at the School of Engineering in University College Cork, will be speaking before the committee and joined Ciara this morning to discuss this idea.


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