High pressure in air as farm groups lobby against Climate Change Bill
Farm groups IFA, ICOS, ICMSA and MII have all written to TDs and senators asking them to oppose the bill on the basis that the proposed clampdown on carbon emissions goes beyond EU requirements, adding unnecessary costs that would hamper the export ambitions of the food sector.
Stop Climate Chaos, the coalition of Irish civil society groups lobbying to halt climate change, is also opposed to the bill in its current format, but because it believes that if it were passed the legislation would not go far enough to halt climate change.
