Ireland plans to wipe out 95 per cent of carbon emissions

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Ireland unveils bold plan to revolutionise energy systems and radically slash emissions by 2050

Ireland has revealed an ambitious new plan to eliminate fossil fuels from its energy system by the end of the century, in a move the country's Energy Minister Alex White said would transform the country's...

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