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Three cheers for Phil Hogan.
The Irish Times is reporting on the Front Page of Thursday's newspaper, that a Climate Change Bill will not be enacted.
I am so happy with Phil. At last we have a Minister with common sense.
Wait until Friends of the EU Taxpayer (Friends of the Earth) get to hear. How much frothing of the mouth will flow from the usual suspects ....John Gibbons, Frank McDonald, Osin Coughlan.
Fair play to Fine Gael for winning the debate at the cabinet table. Labour were even more rabid Green fanatics than the Green Party.
Update:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...306980840.htmlA RADICAL shift in policy on climate change is to be outlined by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan today, when he announces that a climate change Bill is not a priority.
It signals a major change from the policy of his predecessor John Gormley, who rushed to publish legislation setting binding statutory targets for emissions reductions in the weeks before the previous government collapsed last January.
Mr Hogan said yesterday he wanted to concentrate on other initiatives and policies before turning to legislation. There is a commitment to a Bill in the programme for government but he would say no more than that it would be published during the coalition’s lifetime.
In another departure that will be seen as controversial, he said he would not set sectoral targets for emissions reductions as he did not subscribe to them. This is likely to attract criticism from environmental organisations and opposition parties.
While accepting that legislation might be of benefit, Mr Hogan said policy “would be the fundamental priority”. He was speaking in advance of the publication today of the review of climate change policy that he ordered soon after taking office.
No CC Bill, but perhaps Carbon Taxes on the sly. We better keep an eye.
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