Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The EU green deal cannot become the yellow deal for rural Ireland, with farms overgrown with ragwort, gorse or fir bushes. This is now a possibility because EU climate policy does not reflect scientific evidence. We must dramatically reduce CO₂but we need a different approach from the CO₂equivalent concept, particularly for methane from cattle. I ask that Ireland urgently take the lead at EU level to ensure there will be a robust, science-based green deal to replace the current, flawed policy, which is a political rather than scientific solution to climate change.

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