Ward Valley
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I’m a linear park along the banks of the Ward River, next to Swords town. Heavily wooded areas. Impressive diversity of wildlife. Many ancient monuments. 🇮🇪🇵🇸
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New study estimates that German households who remain on natural gas in 2045 could be stuck paying 10x what they pay today for gas pipeline maintenance. As other households electrify, gas utilities will spread the same maintenance costs over fewer remaining customers, raising prices dramatically.
Last gas-heated homes in Germany could face extra costs of 4,000 euros per year – analysis
www.cleanenergywire.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New study estimates that German households who remain on natural gas in 2045 could be stuck paying 10x what they pay today for gas pipeline maintenance. As other households electrify, gas utilities will spread the same maintenance costs over fewer remaining customers, raising prices dramatically.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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@depthousingirl.bsky.social
@fiannafailparty.bsky.social
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@fiannafailparty.bsky.social
UN environment report 'hijacked' over fossil fuels - top scientist
The US and other governments derailed an agreement on a global environment study, its co-chair says.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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We need a movement of all those abandoned by these mouthpieces for global capital and the landlords to resist every eviction, resist rent increases and fight back against the destruction of our communities by the precarity of insecure tenancies and landlord neglect. We have to say enough is enough,
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We need a movement of all those abandoned by these mouthpieces for global capital and the landlords to resist every eviction, resist rent increases and fight back against the destruction of our communities by the precarity of insecure tenancies and landlord neglect. We have to say enough is enough,
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A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.
www.idiv.de
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
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It appears that the Climate Scientists blew it on their predictions. Several recent studies argue that the planet may have already warmed more than previously thought, which would mean the famous 1.5 degree threshold was breached years ago.
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
Scientists may have blown the global warming timeline – Morning Overview
morningoverview.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It appears that the Climate Scientists blew it on their predictions. Several recent studies argue that the planet may have already warmed more than previously thought, which would mean the famous 1.5 degree threshold was breached years ago.
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
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"Region imported 438,000 tons of pesticides and herbicides in 2020, two-thirds more than in 2018. More than half of such chemicals used in Nigeria are highly hazardous, at least 40% of those can’t be sold in Europe"
#Pesticide colonialism
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Pesticide colonialism
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Europe’s Banned Pesticides Are Poisoning Nigeria
Chemicals barred by the EU are widely available across Africa, threatening food and water supplies.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Region imported 438,000 tons of pesticides and herbicides in 2020, two-thirds more than in 2018. More than half of such chemicals used in Nigeria are highly hazardous, at least 40% of those can’t be sold in Europe"
#Pesticide colonialism
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Pesticide colonialism
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
More flash flooding in the river Broadmeadow at Balheary Road Bridge, Swords 🇮🇪
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
More flash flooding in the river Broadmeadow at Balheary Road Bridge, Swords 🇮🇪
Metal Fencing, long abandoned by the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪 @fingal.ie
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Restore Nature
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Restore Nature
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Metal Fencing, long abandoned by the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪 @fingal.ie
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
@deptcee.bsky.social
Restore Nature
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@depthousingirl.bsky.social
@deptcee.bsky.social
Restore Nature
Another Traffic Cone in the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪 @fingal.ie
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@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature
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@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another Traffic Cone in the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪 @fingal.ie
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature
Rusting Metal Container in the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪
Restore Nature @fingal.ie
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature @fingal.ie
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Rusting Metal Container in the river Ward, Swords 🇮🇪
Restore Nature @fingal.ie
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
Restore Nature @fingal.ie
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@depthousingirl.bsky.social
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The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
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Eighteen young people diagnosed with neurological disorder after inhaling laughing gas
Eighteen young people diagnosed with neurological disorder after inhaling laughing gas
Nitrous oxide abuse is becoming ‘ubiquitous’ among young adult drug users in urban areas, doctors say
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eighteen young people diagnosed with neurological disorder after inhaling laughing gas
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
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Reform UK denies allegations Nigel Farage falsified election expenses after complaint to police
#Nigelfarage
Real shock Farage is a corrupt ,entitled multi millionaire bigot. Who knew ?
Took more expenses from EU than anyone else ,guy wants to REDUCE min wage
opr.news/6822d0b72512...
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#Nigelfarage
Real shock Farage is a corrupt ,entitled multi millionaire bigot. Who knew ?
Took more expenses from EU than anyone else ,guy wants to REDUCE min wage
opr.news/6822d0b72512...
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Reform UK denies allegations Nigel Farage falsified election expenses after complaint to police
Documents have been submitted to the Metropolitan Police about the party's spending in Clacton
Trending on GB News
Reform UK has denied claims Nigel Farage falsely reported local campaign expenses a...
opr.news
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reform UK denies allegations Nigel Farage falsified election expenses after complaint to police
#Nigelfarage
Real shock Farage is a corrupt ,entitled multi millionaire bigot. Who knew ?
Took more expenses from EU than anyone else ,guy wants to REDUCE min wage
opr.news/6822d0b72512...
opr.as/share
#Nigelfarage
Real shock Farage is a corrupt ,entitled multi millionaire bigot. Who knew ?
Took more expenses from EU than anyone else ,guy wants to REDUCE min wage
opr.news/6822d0b72512...
opr.as/share
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🌍 Since the Convention on Wetlands was first signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, countries around the world have united to protect one of our planet’s most essential ecosystems.
🔹 Today, under the Victoria Falls Declaration and the Fifth Strategic Plan, Parties are advancing accountability.
🔹 Today, under the Victoria Falls Declaration and the Fifth Strategic Plan, Parties are advancing accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌍 Since the Convention on Wetlands was first signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971, countries around the world have united to protect one of our planet’s most essential ecosystems.
🔹 Today, under the Victoria Falls Declaration and the Fifth Strategic Plan, Parties are advancing accountability.
🔹 Today, under the Victoria Falls Declaration and the Fifth Strategic Plan, Parties are advancing accountability.
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Super excited to be at the Biodiversity and Health symposium at University of Copenhagen. Starting out with sage words from @carstenrahbek.bsky.social: >30% of new human diseases are driven by our consumption and land use. Our health is tied directly to the health of the Earth's ecosystems!
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Super excited to be at the Biodiversity and Health symposium at University of Copenhagen. Starting out with sage words from @carstenrahbek.bsky.social: >30% of new human diseases are driven by our consumption and land use. Our health is tied directly to the health of the Earth's ecosystems!
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Trump's foreign policy vision: Make Europe white again - Salon.com
Trump's global
www.salon.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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‘What’s going on?’ asks Laura Kuenssberg - suddenly fired up with Labour.
Funny how that energy was missing during 14 years of Tory rule.
So the real question:
Where were you then, Laura?
Your scrutiny felt absent, and Boris Johnson, whom you once called ‘gifted politician’, never got this heat.
Funny how that energy was missing during 14 years of Tory rule.
So the real question:
Where were you then, Laura?
Your scrutiny felt absent, and Boris Johnson, whom you once called ‘gifted politician’, never got this heat.
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
‘What’s going on?’ asks Laura Kuenssberg - suddenly fired up with Labour.
Funny how that energy was missing during 14 years of Tory rule.
So the real question:
Where were you then, Laura?
Your scrutiny felt absent, and Boris Johnson, whom you once called ‘gifted politician’, never got this heat.
Funny how that energy was missing during 14 years of Tory rule.
So the real question:
Where were you then, Laura?
Your scrutiny felt absent, and Boris Johnson, whom you once called ‘gifted politician’, never got this heat.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Paul Davis: “The new plan does one genuinely useful thing. It aligns planning reform, procurement reform and project sequencing into a single framework.”
Paul Davis: “The new plan does one genuinely useful thing. It aligns planning reform, procurement reform and project sequencing into a single framework.”
Opinion: Ireland is brilliant at identifying problems and terrible at solving them
This week’s infrastructure plan sounds transformative until you realise we don’t have the workforce. It is like buying a faster car when the problem is you never learned to drive
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Paul Davis: “The new plan does one genuinely useful thing. It aligns planning reform, procurement reform and project sequencing into a single framework.”
Paul Davis: “The new plan does one genuinely useful thing. It aligns planning reform, procurement reform and project sequencing into a single framework.”
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🚨 We've breached 7 of 9 planetary boundaries keeping Earth stable. Climate, biodiversity, oceans, forests—all in crisis & worsening. But there's hope: we fixed the ozone layer, we can fix this too. The planet needs us NOW 🌍💙 #ClimateAction #PlanetaryBoundaries
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨 We've breached 7 of 9 planetary boundaries keeping Earth stable. Climate, biodiversity, oceans, forests—all in crisis & worsening. But there's hope: we fixed the ozone layer, we can fix this too. The planet needs us NOW 🌍💙 #ClimateAction #PlanetaryBoundaries