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Tue 12 Dec 2008Ireland accused of being 'in denial' on gas emissions
AS THE latest UN climate change talks got under way yesterday in the Polish city of Poznan, Friends of the Earth Ireland (FoEI) has accused the Government of being "in denial" about Ireland's responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
According to FoEI director Oisín Coghlan, Ireland is "dragging its feet" in the EU negotiations that observers believe will largely determine whether a global deal to contain climate change can be agreed at the next UN climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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