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Thu 07 Jul 2008Greenhouse emissions targets onerous, warns agency head
LAST YEAR will be seen as a watershed for climate change in Ireland, reflected in a significant increase in activity by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to its annual report which was published yesterday.
However, the agency's director general, Mary Kelly, said that notwithstanding the increased activity, Ireland will still find it very difficult to meet the target of a 20 per cent reduction of current greenhouse emissions by 2020.
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