Irish greenhouse gas emissions double those set at Kyoto
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions are currently double those set by the Kyoto protocol.
Under the Kyoto Treaty, Ireland was one of the few countries allowed to increase greenhouse gas emissions but already we have overshot the projections and must cut back by 13 per cent in order to meet our target by 2010.
Despite this, the Government is building two new carbon intensive peat-burning power stations in the midlands.
Environmental campaigners are set to take their protest to the upcoming World Summit in South Africa.
Earth Summit Ireland will be listing our failures in a special report to be published later this week and presented at the upcoming summit.
Campaigners say that instead of burning our peat land in two new power stations, alternative sources such as wind power stations should have been considered.
They said that wind power would be more efficient, cleaner and provide even more employment opportunities for the local areas in the midlands.
They also said that given that Ireland has half of Europe's entire bog resource, it would help to protect it in line with rulings from the European Court of Justice.
