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Thu 09 Sep 2009Time for carbon tax to move beyond rhetoric
Behaviours need to be taxed to reflect the downstream costs inflicted on society as a whole, writes JOHN GIBBONS
‘BUSINESS AS usual is no longer an option for Ireland.” So Noel Dempsey boldly declared as he unveiled the Government’s National Climate Change Strategy. Among the key objectives of that hard-hitting document was the introduction of a carbon tax, radical improvements in energy efficiency in construction and transport and the phasing out of coal-fired electricity production at Moneypoint in Clare.
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