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Tue 04 Apr 2007Strategy criticised as a 'death-bed conversion'The Government's revised climate change strategy has been criticised by Opposition parties and environmental lobby groups as being insufficient to address Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions problem.Fine Gael's environment spokesman Fergus O'Dowd accused the Government's of a "greenwash" and said its "death-bed conversion cannot hide 10 years of neglect and broken promises". He said emissions were at more than 25 per cent over 1990 levels - twice the increase allowed under the Kyoto agreement - and that Ireland ranked 22 out of 27 EU states in renewable energy.