(1) Taxpayers Pay for Bertie to Go Green (2) Offsetting a Cosmetic Stunt with No Effect On Our Climate ; Taoiseach Passes On Carbon Bill for African Trip

Daily MailJanuary 21, 2008

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TAXPAYERS will have to foot the entire bill to offset the Taoiseachs carbon footprint for last weeks trip around Africa, the Mail can reveal.

Official sources have confirmed that working people will pay for the cost of salving Bertie Aherns conscience by purchasing carbon credits to cover all his flights around the continent.

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(1) Taxpayers Pay for Bertie to Go Green (2) Offsetting a Cosmetic Stunt with No Effect On Our Climate ; Taoiseach Passes On Carbon Bill for African Trip

As well as being viewed by many as a personal indulgence which will do nothing to prevent climate change, carbon offsetting schemes have been criticised for encouraging the wealthy to pay extra rath...

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