Greens target major road schemes in ‘radical’ bid to tackle climate change

THE Green Party yesterday confirmed it would seek to cut or delay a number of major road projects in favour of public transport schemes if returned to power.

The party also said it would urge the EU to introduce an “individual travel carbon quota” for every citizen. Any citizen who breaches their quota by travelling extensively would have to pay a penalty to offset the additional carbon emissions for which they are responsible.

“If you use too much, you would have to purchase it, but conversely, if you don’t use up a quota, you can sell it on to somebody else,” said party TD Ciarán Cuffe.