The big picture of how Brussels sees us

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A coal-burning power plant in Germany; does the EU’s bid to be a model for the rest of the world in the fight against climate change come from a guilty conscience after burning fossil fuels for almost two centuries, leaving it responsible along with the UK and the USA for most of the gases now warming the planet? As for Ireland, we missed out on the Industrial Revolution.

Whatever about milk and honey, Europe would like Ireland to be a land with more bogs and forests.

The view from Brussels is that expansion of the cattle herd, especially dairy cattle, is pushing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farming higher, also boosted by increases in use of synthetic fertiliser.