ORANMORE dairy farmer Henry Walsh. 'It's not Irish or Galway warming, it's global warming' - IFAIFA table shows dairy herd unfairly targetedMISINFORMATION relating to the farming sector’s contribution to climate change continues to be a particular bone of annoyance for Irish farmers. The IFA recently released a table, using data from the new Climate Trace website launched at the COP27 climate change summit in Cairo, that showed seven facilities in Ireland emit as many tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere as 72 per cent of the Irish dairy herd. “The table was simply looking to bring balance to the debate. Those seven facilities produce the same amount of carbon as almost 75 per cent of the Irish dairy herd,” said Oranmore dairy farmer Henry Walsh, the Galway IFA’s Environmental and Rural Affairs Chairman…

Source: The Herald November 30, 2022 06:47 UTC