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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsEnvironmentStarted 11yrs agoActive 2mos ago

Should the government increase environmental regulations on businesses to reduce carbon emissions?

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.

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Response rates from 576 Longford-Westmeath voters.

74%
Yes
26%
No
69%
Yes
22%
No
5%
Yes, and provide more incentives for alternative energy production
2%
No, provide more incentives for alternative energy production instead
1%
No, just enforce existing regulations
1%
No, and the current government is over-regulating businesses
0%
No, and I believe global warming is a natural occurrence

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 @9DM9X3Qanswered…3yrs3Y

Climate change doesn’t exist, left wing democracy uses it as a mass propaganda machine to control the population

 @BD7SQ2Manswered…2mos2MO

Yes — increase environmental regulations to cut emissions, paired with support to help businesses transition.

 @BD4VLVY from Maine  answered…2mos2MO

The government should strengthen environmental regulations to reduce emissions, but this should be done gradually and with support for businesses to transition, in order to protect jobs and economic stability.

 @BC6RHL5answered…3mos3MO

Yes and reduce the burden on households as it is big industry that causes the most damage. householders are being charged to dispose of waste produced by industry. this is unfair

 @B8FF358answered…7mos7MO

Instead of penalising businesses and wasting public money on counterproductive "green" energy production schemes such as wind energy, the State should reclaim the coasts, seas and land from private/ semi-private companies, and invest in sustainable energy such as wave power.

 @B8C6WJTanswered…7mos7MO

The government needs to sort a decent and reliable public transport system outside of Dublin to reduce vehicles on the road at rush hour

 @B5JPHYDanswered…1yr1Y

Criminalize executives who break climate laws. Regulations like this only incentive bypassing the issue.

 @B2R487Danswered…1yr1Y

This punishes businesses and is mean to do this to businesses. They don’t deserve to be punished for trying to invest in the country and they get punished. This is NOT okay to punish businesses for just not listening to governments.

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