According to the database, Dublin airport was the specific source for just over one million tonnes of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2021
The most detailed ever data about individual facility sources of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide has been unveiled at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.It found Dublin Airport is the largest polluter in the country.
According to the database, Dublin Airport was the specific source for just over one million tonnes of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2021. Third is the Cement Plant at Ballyconnell in Co Cavan. That was the source of almost 955,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. The fifth, sixth and seventh sources of Irish greenhouse gas emissions were the Limerick Cement plant, the Whitegate oil refinery at Bantry, Cork, and Corrib gas field respectively.
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Dublin Airport largest Irish polluter last year - dataAccording to the data unveiled at COP27, Dublin airport was the specific source for just over one million tonnes of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.
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