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The EU Commission has recommended a three-year extension of the Nitrates Derogation - but this must not be treated as business as usual.
Government must act now to properly fund farmers to protect water quality and secure a sustainable future for Irish agriculture.
Government must act now to properly fund farmers to protect water quality and secure a sustainable future for Irish agriculture.
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The EU Commission has recommended a three-year extension of the Nitrates Derogation - but this must not be treated as business as usual.
Government must act now to properly fund farmers to protect water quality and secure a sustainable future for Irish agriculture.
Government must act now to properly fund farmers to protect water quality and secure a sustainable future for Irish agriculture.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
On top of gutting #CSDDD, the #Omnibus deal establishes a model for future #deregulation:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉A clear playbook for lobbyists and their political allies
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉A clear playbook for lobbyists and their political allies
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On top of gutting #CSDDD, the #Omnibus deal establishes a model for future #deregulation:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉A clear playbook for lobbyists and their political allies
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉A clear playbook for lobbyists and their political allies
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Great listen on a huge scandal . Worth checking out . . .
New Episode!
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The Secret Trade in Polar Bears
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How do you save an animal everyone thinks is already protected?! David talks with award-winning filmmaker, @abrahamjoffe.bsky.social, who's trying to do just that.
www.treesacrowd.fm/abraham-joff...
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The Secret Trade in Polar Bears
🐻❄️❄️🐻❄️
How do you save an animal everyone thinks is already protected?! David talks with award-winning filmmaker, @abrahamjoffe.bsky.social, who's trying to do just that.
www.treesacrowd.fm/abraham-joff...
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Great listen on a huge scandal . Worth checking out . . .
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Become a 2026 Climate Ambassador
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Become a 2026 Climate Ambassador
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
"The ignoring of facts, the sidelining of scientists and the breezy assertions, repeated ad nauseum, that Irish agriculture is ‘sustainable’ are largely responsible for the mess Irish farming finds itself in.
Honesty alone will not dig us out of the hole, but it would be a start."
Brilliant piece.
Honesty alone will not dig us out of the hole, but it would be a start."
Brilliant piece.
My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Ireland's lax approach to inspecting farms and enforcing rules
The EU Nitrates Committee meets tomorrow and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same time we need to protect or restore water quality on a national scale writes ecol...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The ignoring of facts, the sidelining of scientists and the breezy assertions, repeated ad nauseum, that Irish agriculture is ‘sustainable’ are largely responsible for the mess Irish farming finds itself in.
Honesty alone will not dig us out of the hole, but it would be a start."
Brilliant piece.
Honesty alone will not dig us out of the hole, but it would be a start."
Brilliant piece.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
The reason is your party, John.
Fascinated by Fianna Fáil TDs who are surprised that changing the policy of 2:1 spending on public transport will result in less public transport being built.
Fascinated by Fianna Fáil TDs who are surprised that changing the policy of 2:1 spending on public transport will result in less public transport being built.
![Question:
224. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the reason crucial Luas Finglas and DART South-West projects have been delayed in favour of funding roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68883/25]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkjxqe7hy4aqaj54qmybjhll/bafkreicv474myrtiit2n3ym7tbg5vqruvofcyzmtgbb574ztg2s3bncj6a@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The reason is your party, John.
Fascinated by Fianna Fáil TDs who are surprised that changing the policy of 2:1 spending on public transport will result in less public transport being built.
Fascinated by Fianna Fáil TDs who are surprised that changing the policy of 2:1 spending on public transport will result in less public transport being built.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
As Minister Peter Burke heads to the final #CSDDD trilogue negotiation, @irishtimes.com has published shocking revelations on the corporate campaign to lobby for EU deregulation, undermine democracy and weaken vital protections for people and the planet: www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
‘Catch remaining targets’: Leaked Teneo files pull back curtain on corporate lobbying
Internal Teneo documents reveal exactly how oil firms and other big multinationals pushed to dilute EU supply chain rules
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As Minister Peter Burke heads to the final #CSDDD trilogue negotiation, @irishtimes.com has published shocking revelations on the corporate campaign to lobby for EU deregulation, undermine democracy and weaken vital protections for people and the planet: www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Looking for an inspiring, local business to get some Christmas presents from? Look no further 👇
Amazing coffee. Amazing values.
Amazing coffee. Amazing values.
Doing end year numbers and total we'll give this year between the 3% to good causes and 1% to staff on top of salary/bonus will be just shy of €76,000. We're a company of 6 people and whilst this is a drop in the ocean, if a big corporate adopted a similar financial model it'd make a big difference.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking for an inspiring, local business to get some Christmas presents from? Look no further 👇
Amazing coffee. Amazing values.
Amazing coffee. Amazing values.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
'Minister Peter Burke, you can take the side of the corporate lobby, increase corporate profits, increase pollution, increase human rights abuses or you can take the side of affected communities, workers & the environment.'
Ireland must stand against human rights abuses & environmental destruction!
Ireland must stand against human rights abuses & environmental destruction!
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
'Minister Peter Burke, you can take the side of the corporate lobby, increase corporate profits, increase pollution, increase human rights abuses or you can take the side of affected communities, workers & the environment.'
Ireland must stand against human rights abuses & environmental destruction!
Ireland must stand against human rights abuses & environmental destruction!
Stand up for toxic-free food. Urge the EU to strengthen, not weaken, pesticide rules.
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Stand up for toxic-free food. Urge the EU to strengthen, not weaken, pesticide rules.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Pretty sure all those trees in the Lough were heavily pruned (aka topped) in around 2017?
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pretty sure all those trees in the Lough were heavily pruned (aka topped) in around 2017?
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Ireland's nitrates derogation & water quality — survey reveals public value clean freshwaters & have negative attitudes to raising farming allowance on nitrates
@epaireland.bsky.social find agriculture is a primary source of nitrogen pollution in our waters
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
@epaireland.bsky.social find agriculture is a primary source of nitrogen pollution in our waters
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ireland's nitrates derogation & water quality — survey reveals public value clean freshwaters & have negative attitudes to raising farming allowance on nitrates
@epaireland.bsky.social find agriculture is a primary source of nitrogen pollution in our waters
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
@epaireland.bsky.social find agriculture is a primary source of nitrogen pollution in our waters
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Extremely worrying that the Advisory Ctee for National Nature Restoration Plan is not seeing any commitment from govt to fund the implementation of the Plan. The 3.14bn climate & nature fund was the biggest hope for funding it but govt said no. Absolute disgrace. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
Plan is to be published in draft form for public consultation early next year
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Extremely worrying that the Advisory Ctee for National Nature Restoration Plan is not seeing any commitment from govt to fund the implementation of the Plan. The 3.14bn climate & nature fund was the biggest hope for funding it but govt said no. Absolute disgrace. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
"If Ireland is to stand any realistic chance of meeting legally binding emissions targets in the Climate Action Plan, large-scale public transport projects must be built. Yet at our pace of delivery, projects that would meaningfully reduce traffic gridlock may not be operational for another decade"
"Continuing to build more roads to alleviate congestion, especially in a geographically constrained city such as Dublin, is precisely the kind of failed thinking that has resulted in our capital becoming the 10th most congested city in the world."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Prof Brian Caulfield: Can anything be done to end M50 gridlock?
Motorway is daily inescapable reminder of Dublin’s status as world’s 10th most-congested city
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"If Ireland is to stand any realistic chance of meeting legally binding emissions targets in the Climate Action Plan, large-scale public transport projects must be built. Yet at our pace of delivery, projects that would meaningfully reduce traffic gridlock may not be operational for another decade"
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Anybody missing a bicycle?
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anybody missing a bicycle?
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Since 2015 the richest one percent gained 33.9 trillion dollars while climate and development goals went unfunded.
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
The Planet Can’t Afford Billionaires
The executive directors of Oxfam and Greenpeace explain the connection between wealth inequality and climate change.
time.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since 2015 the richest one percent gained 33.9 trillion dollars while climate and development goals went unfunded.
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Countries are now joining forces to tax extreme wealth, private jets and polluting companies.
A fairer, greener future depends on it.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Trump makes it worryingly clear in his National Security Strategy: he wants to take down the EU, destroy the European Green Deal and allow unfettered EU access to US tech, oil and gas companies. This must be resisted.
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trump makes it worryingly clear in his National Security Strategy: he wants to take down the EU, destroy the European Green Deal and allow unfettered EU access to US tech, oil and gas companies. This must be resisted.
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Let’s be ambitious for a plan to establish a real record of the majestic Shannon’s condition
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ella McSweeney: Let’s be ambitious for a plan to establish a real record of the majestic Shannon’s condition
If 14 countries can come together to understand the Danube, surely Ireland can do the same for a far shorter river?
www.irishtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Let’s be ambitious for a plan to establish a real record of the majestic Shannon’s condition
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Excellent piece by @irishcycle.com.
The RTE headline screams "nothing more can be done."
But TII didn’t say that. They've done what they can with engineering.
Other measures need a government policy decision. That’s a very different message from "we’re out of options".
bsky.app/profile/iris...
The RTE headline screams "nothing more can be done."
But TII didn’t say that. They've done what they can with engineering.
Other measures need a government policy decision. That’s a very different message from "we’re out of options".
bsky.app/profile/iris...
M50 traffic chaos: 7 short-term actions to stop total gridlock on Dublin’s ring road
Comment & Analysis: RTE's Prime Time covered the chronic traffic on the M50 this week (see YouTube video below), but the impression on that show and on follow-up coverage that nothing can be done is wrong. We need…
Comment & Analysis: RTE's Prime Time covered the chronic traffic on the M50 this week (see YouTube video below), but the impression on that show and on follow-up coverage that nothing can be done is wrong. We need…
M50 traffic chaos: 7 short-term actions to stop total gridlock on Dublin’s ring road
Comment & Analysis: RTE's Prime Time covered the chronic traffic on the M50 this week (see YouTube video below), but the impression on that show and on follow-up coverage that nothing can be done is wrong. We need to snap out of this idea that the Government is helpless and cannot do anything just because it may not want to take action.
irishcycle.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Excellent piece by @irishcycle.com.
The RTE headline screams "nothing more can be done."
But TII didn’t say that. They've done what they can with engineering.
Other measures need a government policy decision. That’s a very different message from "we’re out of options".
bsky.app/profile/iris...
The RTE headline screams "nothing more can be done."
But TII didn’t say that. They've done what they can with engineering.
Other measures need a government policy decision. That’s a very different message from "we’re out of options".
bsky.app/profile/iris...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, the reputation-launderer of murderous regimes, and Qatari private jet-using greenwasher of petrostates is a mighty disgrace to football
👇This is the 🧵 to learn ALL about this human rights-trashing & climate-wrecking "face of football"
👇This is the 🧵 to learn ALL about this human rights-trashing & climate-wrecking "face of football"
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, the reputation-launderer of murderous regimes, and Qatari private jet-using greenwasher of petrostates is a mighty disgrace to football
👇This is the 🧵 to learn ALL about this human rights-trashing & climate-wrecking "face of football"
👇This is the 🧵 to learn ALL about this human rights-trashing & climate-wrecking "face of football"
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress; they are a vital safeguard - @fplogue.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard
Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.
www.independent.ie
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress; they are a vital safeguard - @fplogue.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Noreen Buttimer
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...