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Government 'better off investing in protecting the vulnerable' than deferring the carbon tax raise

The IPCC Report published this afternoon has said that it is 'now or never' for countries to react to the damaging causes of climate change around the world...

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17.50 4 Apr 2022


Government 'better off investing in protecting the vulnerable' than deferring the carbon tax raise


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The IPCC Report published this afternoon has said that it is 'now or never' for countries to react to the damaging causes of climate change around the world.

The report underlined the importance of the Government’s commitment to scaling up and speeding up Ireland’s switch to renewable energy and to reducing fossil fuels.

Oisin Coghlan from Friends of the Earth joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss the report...

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