The landlord parties (FG, FF and Independent Ireland) have just voted to leave renters in the cold.

They have blocked our Bill to introduce minimum BER standards in the rental sector to stop renters being left in cold, damp and mouldy homes.

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.~CG Jung

Make it easier for Irish households to get off fossil fuels and participate in the energy transition, says @clareoconnor.bsky.social, our Programme Coordinator-Heat.

www.irishtimes.com/special-repo...

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

It's the dilemma that won't go away - data centres eating up so much power there may be nothing left for new homes.
But while the Government tries to assure it's all in hand, remarks by the sec gen of the Department of Energy suggest otherwise
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.

@clareoconnor.bsky.social, our Programme Coordinator-Heat, has co-authored an article in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on this issue. You can read it here⬇️

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

We welcome the move to tackle cold, damp rentals with BER Standards Bill. A poorly insulated home is like a leaky sieve and renters are throwing money away to keep their homes warm.

Our press release: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/friends...

Housing For All commits to introducing minimum BERs for rental properties but Govt looks to have gone cold on the plan. @caneurope.org & @foeireland.bsky.social have ideas for what needs to happen.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

The Government is stalling on minimum BER ratings for private rental properties - leaving more families in fuel poverty and letting the rental sector off the hook.

We’re calling on Government to keep the plan and support landlords to retrofit.

greenparty.ie/news/greens-...

We have fantastic speakers lined up for our upcoming webinar on "Shaping a Fair and Effective Social Climate Plan for Ireland"🗣️

Last chance to register ➡️: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The share of renewables* in energy for heating and cooling reached 26% across the EU in 2023. Ireland ranks the lowest, at 7.9%.

*heat pumps, biomass, renewable waste heat etc.

Data centres use lots of energy as demonstrated here by Dr Paul Deane using Lego.
Learn more about our data centre campaign here
👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/

youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA

Full report: Data centres in the context of Ireland's carbon budgets

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/assets/files...

my op-ed on climate action and renters in today's examiner:

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...