Now this is only a regional effect experienced in one particular month, so I can’t say this means global warming is over. However, if Ireland had experienced the warmest September in 14 years, I’m sure global warming activists everywhere would be using it as definitive proof that the world is warming. Anyway, the temperature across the country never rose above 20 degrees anywhere - which is a first in 30 years. Average monthly air temperatures were about a half-degree below normal.
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It seems some Irish companies are undergoing “greenwashing”, a term used to describe entities who claim to be more green than they truly are.  In a time when global warming is front page news and the climate change zealots have brainwashed the masses, corporations are turning to advertising their green conscious.  Unfortunately for some, that includes buying bogus carbon credits that don’t truly offset their carbon emissions.  This doesn’t set well with “certified” carbon credit providers who want their money so they can profit from the global warming myth.
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Ireland says that it can’t meet the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions cuts dictated by the European Union unless “lunatic draconian” measures were put in place.  Ireland is only one of three countries asked by the EU to cut emissions by 20% of 2005 levels.
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In true liberal fashion, Ireland has taxed plastic bags to save the planet. Instead of merely banning the bags to curb behavior, the government simply enjoys addition revenue while forcing a lifestyle change on its people. Each bag carries a whopping $0.33 tax and the country has realized a 94% drop in plastic bag use. I guess Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth is really more about inconvenience than anything else.
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