IRISH MINISTERS have been accused of hypocrisy and double standards following the government’s declaration of a climate emergency earlier this year.
It’s been discovered that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his ministers have clocked up over 150 hours on private jets during 37 flights so far this year.
Varadkar’s flights on the Learjet alone produced over six times more carbon than a person’s average yearly emissions from travel, food production, home heating, electricity use, and other activities.
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