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Ireland back, again, at the European Court of Justice, this time for failures in our sewage treatment plants
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
EU seeking financial sanctions on Ireland over wastewater
The European Commission is to refer Ireland back to the European Court of Justice and is seeking financial sanctions to be imposed because of Ireland's failure to comply with a 2019 court judgement fo...
www.rte.ie
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ireland back, again, at the European Court of Justice, this time for failures in our sewage treatment plants
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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We had the lighting of our street's christmas tree y'day: 5 degrees C, pouring rain, no snow
I wish there were a socially acceptable way to point out that 3 decades ago, it would've almost certainly been snowy, lovely and <0C. Lots of older folks there: I think on some level they know it
I wish there were a socially acceptable way to point out that 3 decades ago, it would've almost certainly been snowy, lovely and <0C. Lots of older folks there: I think on some level they know it
Future Climate in Norway: More Floods, Droughts, and Less Snow - Norce
The climate in Norway has already changed significantly, and the effects are expected to grow stronger in the coming years. We will experience more precipitation, more frequent droughts, and less snow...
www.norceresearch.no
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We had the lighting of our street's christmas tree y'day: 5 degrees C, pouring rain, no snow
I wish there were a socially acceptable way to point out that 3 decades ago, it would've almost certainly been snowy, lovely and <0C. Lots of older folks there: I think on some level they know it
I wish there were a socially acceptable way to point out that 3 decades ago, it would've almost certainly been snowy, lovely and <0C. Lots of older folks there: I think on some level they know it
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Why are we failing on climate change and biodiversity despite fifty years of campaigning? Could social inequality be the root cause undermining all our conservation efforts?
In this episode, I talk with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social about his latest book 'Just Earth'. 🌍
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/35954e
In this episode, I talk with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social about his latest book 'Just Earth'. 🌍
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/35954e
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Why are we failing on climate change and biodiversity despite fifty years of campaigning? Could social inequality be the root cause undermining all our conservation efforts?
In this episode, I talk with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social about his latest book 'Just Earth'. 🌍
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/35954e
In this episode, I talk with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social about his latest book 'Just Earth'. 🌍
🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/35954e
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The Aarhus Convention #MOP8 negotiations just wrapped up in Geneva. The talks were arduous, but they succeeded in preserving its core mechanisms — a testament to just how vital and relevant the #AarhusConvention remains.
A thread 🧵👇
A thread 🧵👇
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Aarhus Convention #MOP8 negotiations just wrapped up in Geneva. The talks were arduous, but they succeeded in preserving its core mechanisms — a testament to just how vital and relevant the #AarhusConvention remains.
A thread 🧵👇
A thread 🧵👇
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Here's a thing I wrote with Alison Hough a while back. It was written in response to the Planning Bill, but some of it still applies.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/plann...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/plann...
Opinion: We could improve our planning law - instead the public is being excluded
The draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 is a solution in search of a problem, say Alison Hough and Gavin Elliott.
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Here's a thing I wrote with Alison Hough a while back. It was written in response to the Planning Bill, but some of it still applies.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/plann...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/plann...
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Several cases presented for the period 2021-2024 are available to read on the reports on the implementation of the #AarhusConvention from the perspective of the civil society. #AarhusPRTRsMoPs
Consult the reports: arnika.org/en/publicati...
Consult the reports: arnika.org/en/publicati...
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Several cases presented for the period 2021-2024 are available to read on the reports on the implementation of the #AarhusConvention from the perspective of the civil society. #AarhusPRTRsMoPs
Consult the reports: arnika.org/en/publicati...
Consult the reports: arnika.org/en/publicati...
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"The national implementation report is key. It is the soul of the compliance mechanism."
Jerzy Jendroska of the Aarhus Compliance Committee underscores importance of looking into such reports produced by countries & how they interpret the Convention, which is sometimes wrong.
Jerzy Jendroska of the Aarhus Compliance Committee underscores importance of looking into such reports produced by countries & how they interpret the Convention, which is sometimes wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"The national implementation report is key. It is the soul of the compliance mechanism."
Jerzy Jendroska of the Aarhus Compliance Committee underscores importance of looking into such reports produced by countries & how they interpret the Convention, which is sometimes wrong.
Jerzy Jendroska of the Aarhus Compliance Committee underscores importance of looking into such reports produced by countries & how they interpret the Convention, which is sometimes wrong.
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Sharing the history of how the GMO Amendment was negotiated, Ilia Trombitki, Aarhus ECO Forum, highlights the importance of public awareness & participation in biosafety, & highlights implementation gaps, need to engage local communities and farmers, & to build capacity to continue implementation.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sharing the history of how the GMO Amendment was negotiated, Ilia Trombitki, Aarhus ECO Forum, highlights the importance of public awareness & participation in biosafety, & highlights implementation gaps, need to engage local communities and farmers, & to build capacity to continue implementation.
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The GEN is at the #AarhusPRTRsMoPs side event on "Regression, non-regression and conflict of interest in #climate policy" which will focus on the role of the UNECE Aarhus in climate law and policy accountability.
▶️ unece.org/environment/...
▶️ unece.org/environment/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The GEN is at the #AarhusPRTRsMoPs side event on "Regression, non-regression and conflict of interest in #climate policy" which will focus on the role of the UNECE Aarhus in climate law and policy accountability.
▶️ unece.org/environment/...
▶️ unece.org/environment/...
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Why do media and politicians continually present action on climate and nature as unpopular?
85% of Germans are in favour of the EU Nature Restoration Law, according to a recent opinion poll 🌳👇
Last year, we saw similar results in Italy, Hungary, Austria, or Belgium.
People across Europe agree: it's time to #RestoreNature! 🌱
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
Last year, we saw similar results in Italy, Hungary, Austria, or Belgium.
People across Europe agree: it's time to #RestoreNature! 🌱
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
German citizens urge politicians to do more to restore nature
A recent public opinion poll from NABU shows overwhelming support for the Nature Restoration Law.
www.birdlife.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why do media and politicians continually present action on climate and nature as unpopular?
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The biggest global gathering of nature organisations, scientists and governments, which takes place every 4 years, has just concluded. Once again, there was no representative from the Irish government - why have we opted out of participating in these events?
iucn.org/press-releas...
iucn.org/press-releas...
IUCN World Conservation Congress concludes in Abu Dhabi with ambitious vision for nature conservation
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 October 2025 (IUCN) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress closed today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, setting the vision for nature conservation for the next ...
iucn.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The biggest global gathering of nature organisations, scientists and governments, which takes place every 4 years, has just concluded. Once again, there was no representative from the Irish government - why have we opted out of participating in these events?
iucn.org/press-releas...
iucn.org/press-releas...
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
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I was sorry to hear of his passing this morning, this gentle spirit he was, a loss for the Irish language and lovers of the wild world indeed.
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I was sorry to hear of his passing this morning, this gentle spirit he was, a loss for the Irish language and lovers of the wild world indeed.
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Have articles in today’s Irish Daily Mirror and Daily Star challenging Irish myths about “feeding the world”, based around issues discussed in THE LIE OF THE LAND
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Have articles in today’s Irish Daily Mirror and Daily Star challenging Irish myths about “feeding the world”, based around issues discussed in THE LIE OF THE LAND
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When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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Am sure the “362,000 litres of wastewater, with ammonia levels 30 times above the legal limit, and orthophosphate levels two-and-a-half times above the limit” released into river by creamery in TEN hours had NOTHING whatsoever to do with this massive fish kill.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
EPA does not believe firm near river responsible for kill
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not believe anything in the wastewater from the North Cork Co-Op creamery could have caused the large fish on the River Blackwater in Co Cork three weeks...
www.rte.ie
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Am sure the “362,000 litres of wastewater, with ammonia levels 30 times above the legal limit, and orthophosphate levels two-and-a-half times above the limit” released into river by creamery in TEN hours had NOTHING whatsoever to do with this massive fish kill.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Angers seem to have little trust in the ability of either Inland Fisheries Ireland or the Environmental Protection Agency to properly police the never ending stream of serious pollution events on our waterways.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Angling groups call for new authority to protect water quality following spate of fish kills
Groups accuse official bodies of ignoring pollution in Irish waterways and accepting fish kills as the norm
www.irishtimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Angers seem to have little trust in the ability of either Inland Fisheries Ireland or the Environmental Protection Agency to properly police the never ending stream of serious pollution events on our waterways.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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From what we've been told - its not a fish kill- its an everything kill for over 40 miles of river.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Another fish kill, another shrug
When will Ireland respect its rivers? - A beautifully written article.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/river...
When will Ireland respect its rivers? - A beautifully written article.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/river...
Another fish kill, another shrug: When will Ireland respect its rivers?
Professor Rónán Collins is a keen angler and is horrified at the recent fish kill in the River Blackwater. He asks why we continue to treat our waterways like sewers.
www.thejournal.ie
August 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From what we've been told - its not a fish kill- its an everything kill for over 40 miles of river.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
Insects, birds, mammals also impacted.
This should, by now, be a serious criminal matter.
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The ever changing story around the catastrophic fish kill in Cork recently has taken another twist.
A sample from the North Cork Co-Op Creamery Plant "found that ammonia levels in the discharge were 52 times over the permitted limit" ☠️
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
A sample from the North Cork Co-Op Creamery Plant "found that ammonia levels in the discharge were 52 times over the permitted limit" ☠️
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
Tests find firm near fish kill exceeded discharge limits
Tests conducted by the EPA on wastewater at the North Cork Co-Op Creamery Plant adjacent to the site of a large Blackwater River fish kill two weeks ago found the Co-Op was not compliant with its disc...
www.rte.ie
August 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The ever changing story around the catastrophic fish kill in Cork recently has taken another twist.
A sample from the North Cork Co-Op Creamery Plant "found that ammonia levels in the discharge were 52 times over the permitted limit" ☠️
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
A sample from the North Cork Co-Op Creamery Plant "found that ammonia levels in the discharge were 52 times over the permitted limit" ☠️
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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If I was the Associated Press and it was not immediately clear why more troops are being deployed against civilians in the nation's capital, I would probably like, ask someone how come
August 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If I was the Associated Press and it was not immediately clear why more troops are being deployed against civilians in the nation's capital, I would probably like, ask someone how come
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Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
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"Meta originally scrapped the facial recognition feature for the first generation of the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses over ethical concerns."
mashable.com/article/meta...
mashable.com/article/meta...
Meta forges ahead with facial recognition for its AI glasses
Are big tech companies embracing surveillance over privacy?
mashable.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Meta originally scrapped the facial recognition feature for the first generation of the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses over ethical concerns."
mashable.com/article/meta...
mashable.com/article/meta...
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Ad Giant IPG Accused of Breaking its ‘Industry First’ Climate Policy With Work for World’s Biggest Oil Company
- Firm planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal
Great work by @tjjordan.bsky.social @desmog.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.desmog.com/2025/08/25/i...
- Firm planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal
Great work by @tjjordan.bsky.social @desmog.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.desmog.com/2025/08/25/i...
Exclusive: Ad Giant IPG Accused of Breaking 'Industry First' Climate Policy With Work for World’s Biggest Oil Company
Firm’s top London consultants planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal.
www.desmog.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ad Giant IPG Accused of Breaking its ‘Industry First’ Climate Policy With Work for World’s Biggest Oil Company
- Firm planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal
Great work by @tjjordan.bsky.social @desmog.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.desmog.com/2025/08/25/i...
- Firm planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal
Great work by @tjjordan.bsky.social @desmog.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.desmog.com/2025/08/25/i...