Fine Gael to put locals at centre of green policies

LOCAL authorities would be compelled to weed out the greenhouse gas culprits in their area under a Fine Gael government.

The party would make all urban and county councils responsible for conducting inventories of carbon emissions in their area and then produce a plan of action in consultation with local businesses to bring the emissions down.

“A brand new approach is needed with aggressive policies that focus on reaching local targets to reduce our overall emissions, ” said environment spokesman, Fergus O’Dowd. “We will put in place a comprehensive strategy that will place local communities at the centre of all green policies.”