Irish people ‘live as though we have 3.2 planets at our disposal’

We live in Ireland as though we had more than three planets at our disposal, not just one, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.

Irish people ‘live as though we have 3.2 planets at our disposal’

EPA director general Laura Burke said that it was crucial that the environment was placed at the heart of decisions and actions every single day.

“To become sustainable we all need to change the way we act as consumers, in our homes, our businesses and our public bodies,” she told the Environment Ireland Conference in Dublin.

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