Global warming, or climate change, is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature since the late nineteenth century. In politics, the debate over global warming is centered on whether this increase in temperature is due to greenhouse gas emissions or is the result of a natural pattern in the earth's temperature. In 2015 Alan Kelly, the minister for the Environment, published the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill which outlined several goals that will make Ireland a “low carbon” economy by 2050. Opponents argue that strict laws on carbon emissions will have a severe effect on the Irish economy since many of the regulations will inflict heavy costs on the agricultural industry. Proponents argue that Ireland should join other developed countries and do its part to limit carbon emissions by 2020.
83% Yes |
17% No |
77% Yes |
12% No |
6% Yes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production |
2% No, provide more incentives for alternative energy production instead |
2% No, just enforce existing regulations |
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1% No, and I believe global warming is a natural occurrence |
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0% No, and the current government is over-regulating businesses |
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I believe regulations should be within reason, unlike the growing number of unrealistics regulations.
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Climate change doesn’t exist, left wing democracy uses it as a mass propaganda machine to control the population
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Only if they are willing to contribute to the additional costs of the change
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Yes, on the large corporations and industrial scale pollutors, not on small businesses
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I think the government should make it more affordable for buissneses to be envoirmentaly friendly
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No, carbon dioxide is the gas of life. Regulations on packaging and pollution into water and land are vital and not enough. Other harmful emissions into the air from chemical factories need to exist eg to denature chemicals should be a basic regulation. Carbon passports are based on a lie and hypocrites tyrannically driving policies to control humans for anti human agenda
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