Suspending or scrapping carbon tax would be a retrograde step - The Environmental Pillar

Suspending or scrapping carbon tax would be a retrograde step - The Environmental Pillar

The Environmental Pillar has described calls to scrap or suspend the carbon tax as misguided (1).  Suspending or scrapping carbon tax would be a retrograde step which would hit farmers on the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) and homeowners trying to get off fossil fuels by upgrading their houses through various SEAI-funded schemes (2), as well as damaging efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Pillar said. Car…