IFA seeks realistic plan to reduce carbon footprint

IFA has urged the State to prioritise Teagasc’s realistic measures to reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint over the Citizens’ Assembly’s carbon tax model.

IFA said agriculture’s emissions have declined by 1% since 1990, whereas emissions from sectors such as transport are up 133%. Despite this, farming continues to be a scapegoat for inaction in other sectors, said IFA environment chairman Thomas Cooney.