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Leeforum
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A group of people researching flooding and flooding solutions in Cork, Ireland. www.leeforum.org
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 10d
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ - and all the Commission seem interested in doing is throwing more fuel on the fire.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
www.theguardian.com
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 10d
Wild, native plants growing in rivers are not litter and don't need to be 'cleaned'.

After farm pollution, digging up rivers is the biggest reason for poor health of rivers in Ireland.

www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...
Council agree to proceed with cleaning of west Mayo river
Mayo County Council agree to start clean-up of the downstream section of the Moyour River in Kilmeena
www.mayonews.ie
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 10d
Ireland's natural environment in very poor condition, says the EU.

'Water quality is also assessed as “poor”...

Agriculture, forestry, urban sewage discharges and artificial interference with water flows and riverbanks are the main pressures it cites.'

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds
European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm
www.irishtimes.com
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16d
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 16d
'The sign of a healthy economy is drinkable rivers'

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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 17d
Ivy is buzzing, literally, with bees, hoverflies, wasps, and butterflies at this time of year.
It provides vital late autumn pollen and nectar to vast numbers of insects.
Its berries are vital for birds in the depths of winter.
Ivy is amazing. Preserve it.
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 17d
Localised severe flooding is going to become more frequent.
It won't be possible to protect everywhere using current 'drainage' methods.
Whole catchment and upstream storage is the most effective and cost efficient way to achieve this.

m.independent.ie/regionals/ti...
‘Biblical’ downpour leaves seven Tipperary homes under water
A “downpour of biblical proportions” led to the flooding of several Tipperary homes over the summer.
m.independent.ie
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 24d
It happened again.
Glashaboy flood relief scheme in Glanmire cost overrun is 316%
From €12m budget to €38m cost.
This is typical for OPW FRS works.
Upstream storage would have been a fraction of this, less than €5m.
Now multiply this by hundreds of projects.

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Concern that cost of Glanmire flood work could impact other Cork relief schemes
In 2012, a severe flood caused tens of millions of euro worth of damage to 82 homes and 30 businesses in Glanmire and Sallybrook.
www.echolive.ie
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · 24d
Singapore, always leading from the front, will be building tidal barriers to protect their city-state from SLR.
Who's next?

www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
Coastal barriers to debut in S’pore: How do they shield shores from extreme sea levels?
ST speaks with an expert to find out how a coastal barrier, a Dutch innovation, works. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Aug 14
Sponge cities are amazing & their champion, Kongjian Yu.

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🌿 Revitalizing Urban Spaces: A Green Blueprint in Harbin, China 🌿 | Biophilic Design | 42 comments
🌿 Revitalizing Urban Spaces: A Green Blueprint in Harbin, China 🌿 In the heart of the bustling city of Harbin, a visionary 80-acre park stands as a beacon of biophilic design, seamlessly blending nat...
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Aug 11
Covid was bad.
Stupid is worse.
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Cork Greens @corkgreens.bsky.social · Aug 5
Government underinvestment in nature is not just neglect. It’s a slow death for the land and waters we love and the rejection of any potential nature restoration.

Ciarán Brennan of the Irish Environmental Network poses many important questions here.
Nature is worryingly absent from the National Development Plan review
It is imperative that nature is adequately funded, writes Ciarán Brennan, communications officer at the Irish Environmental Network
www.irishexaminer.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Aug 3
What about the 10,000 hostages that Israel holds and tortures?
Meanwhile they starve an entire population and murder civilians including women and children trying to get the meagre aid offered at death traps disguised as the euphemistic 'GHF'
Its like 'Albrecht Macht Frei'

End the double standards
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 28
That's the reason we are living with the consequences of bad and corrupt decisions today.
FF have clearly learned nothing from their past.

m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...
‘Say what you like about Haughey, he knew how to unblock planning,’ says former Fianna Fáil minister
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has said the Government needs to follow Charles Haughey’s example to circumvent “planning blockages” and speed up the delivery of housing.
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 21
electrek.co/2025/07/20/i...
If you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roads
Electric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper...
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That Good News Girl @thatgoodnewsgirl.bsky.social · Feb 4
She trusted him with her most prized possession 🥺



I’ve included some of my personal favorite sea otter facts in this video! 🤗

P.S. sorry about the quality, bsky makes you compress videos so much:(

📸 user8736150399263 (TT) / Georgia Aquarium / Adobe / envato / Wikimedia Commons / openwaterpedia
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 11
Scientists point out the obvious🫣

phys.org/news/2025-07...
Rivers choose their path based on erosion, a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration
Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea. Some rivers carve out a single pathway, while oth...
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 9
Overuse of rip-rap harms rivers.

theconversation.com/overuse-of-r...
Overuse of riprap to prevent riverbank erosion is harming B.C. rivers
Riprap can bury the spawning habitats of fish, increase river temperatures and exacerbate erosion elsewhere. There are alternative ways to stabilize riverbanks.
theconversation.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 7
Interesting tidal flooding defence project in Jersey.
It involves extending the shoreline into the bay and integrating cycle paths and public amenity areas.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Consultation opens on 100-year Jersey coastal defence plans
The plans are described as the largest coastal defence project in the island since the 1800s.
www.bbc.com
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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · Jul 4
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Jul 5
Tragedy in Texas hill country, where 4 months’ worth of rain in just four hours caused Guadalupe River levels to spike 30 feet in just an hour and a half - in the middle of the night.

Two dozen are dead in the resulting floods and another 20 young campers still missing.

apnews.com/article/texa...
Why the Texas floods were so severe
Flooding rains in and around Kerr County had brought a widespread 10 to 15 total inches by Friday morning. Four months of rainfall came down in four hours.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 4
This is the single biggest, easiest and most cost effective thing that can be done for nature, the environment, flooding and carbon.
An absolute no-brainer.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
English farms could be taken out of food production to boost nature, says minister
Plans announced by environment secretary mean many upland farmers may be incentivised to stop farming
www.theguardian.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 3
This is suicide.
Polar ice is needed to keep the globe habitable.
Accelerating its destruction with ice breakers and even more fossil fuel is madness.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Jul 2
Ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier, drawing up heat from the deep ocean and making it harder for sea ice to regrow
Less sea ice releases more heat into atmosphere, increasing number and intensity of storms and accelerating global warming

theconversation.com/completely-u...
‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.
theconversation.com
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Leeforum @leeforum.bsky.social · Jul 1
🚨Antarctic ice melting accelerates

'We may have passed a tipping point and entered a new state defined by persistent sea ice decline, sustained by a newly discovered feedback loop'.

theconversation.com/completely-u...
‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.
theconversation.com
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