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The Guardian view on Our Story With David Attenborough and The Herds: a new theatre of the Anthropocene | Editorial
Editorial: A cinematic immersive experience and stampeding animal puppets are bringing the climate emergency into the city
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Any chance the Galway Arts Festival hosts a few of the small Animimal PUPPETS of the HERD at the 2025 Arts Festival to highlight the Planets Dual Climate and Biodiversity Crisises? DOABLE=Why Not Try ASAP?? Ask all Climate interested Galway NGOs+GCC to co-fund www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s everybody’s job to fix this.
And so it’s nobody’s job 😡
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It’s everybody’s job to fix this.
And so it’s nobody’s job 😡
Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
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October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
It’s everybody’s job to fix this.
And so it’s nobody’s job 😡
@deptcee.bsky.social
@localgovire.bsky.social
@depthousingirl.bsky.social
It’s everybody’s job to fix this.
And so it’s nobody’s job 😡
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It’s premature of CCAC to call for the urgent development of a regulation on No Net Loss of Biodiversity. While some evidence suggests that NNL has potential benefits, there are serious concerns & evidence of ongoing issues with enforcement, compliance & monitoring www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
New buildings must present ‘no net loss’ to nature, says Climate Change Council
Advisers want conditions added to planning laws to conserve and enhance biodiversity
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October 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s premature of CCAC to call for the urgent development of a regulation on No Net Loss of Biodiversity. While some evidence suggests that NNL has potential benefits, there are serious concerns & evidence of ongoing issues with enforcement, compliance & monitoring www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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It's 17 years since I've been on the beautiful Lough Carra, and the unusual white marl that gives the water a distinctive turquoise look is sadly looking very green now on foot of nutrient pollution.
Another treasure being slowly lost to us all.
Another treasure being slowly lost to us all.
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's 17 years since I've been on the beautiful Lough Carra, and the unusual white marl that gives the water a distinctive turquoise look is sadly looking very green now on foot of nutrient pollution.
Another treasure being slowly lost to us all.
Another treasure being slowly lost to us all.
What does AI say? Is it logical for humanity to increase emissions ... via spending on the military ... ?? Is that intelligent? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising Nato military spending to cause huge spike in emissions, report warns
Pollution could be on par with annual emissions generated by Brazil as experts warn of climate effects of war
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September 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What does AI say? Is it logical for humanity to increase emissions ... via spending on the military ... ?? Is that intelligent? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The 10% swing voters better all show up with wisdom ... or the whole world will really shudder www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash
I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhere, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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September 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The 10% swing voters better all show up with wisdom ... or the whole world will really shudder www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another US Media swing to the right and billionaire class www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...
CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner
CBS' new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.
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September 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Another US Media swing to the right and billionaire class www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...
Burning oil hydrocarbons or making them into cheap throw away plastics not very clever ... best use of these hydrocarbons for hundreds of years is as starting materials for complex compounds that are difficult and costly to make chemically www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Green energy entrepreneur calls on UK to subsidise North Sea oil and gas firms
Dale Vince urges ministers to ‘optimise’ resources in fossil fuel basin to help smooth transition to renewables
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September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Burning oil hydrocarbons or making them into cheap throw away plastics not very clever ... best use of these hydrocarbons for hundreds of years is as starting materials for complex compounds that are difficult and costly to make chemically www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Changes in Farming Practices needed too www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A last resort’: is culling foxes the only way to save Britain’s vanishing curlews?
Keeping predator numbers down may be last hope for the ground-nesting birds – but critics say real problem is farming practices
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September 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Changes in Farming Practices needed too www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Throw away plastic has corrupted us all ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us
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September 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Throw away plastic has corrupted us all ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
Windfarms at sea -- coupled with more energy efficiency in society and reasonable energy growth for new needs like AI and other evolving technologies www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEp...
Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
YouTube video by Vattenfall
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September 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Windfarms at sea -- coupled with more energy efficiency in society and reasonable energy growth for new needs like AI and other evolving technologies www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEp...
What does AI say are easiest ways to reduce CO2 emissions? Have all humans use smallest, most efficient vehicles for transport, enable humans in cities cycle much more, etc__ BTW can answers be skewed towards "practical" =must be compatible with business as usual)?? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise
Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach. Action in five areas is needed to keep this goal alive.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What does AI say are easiest ways to reduce CO2 emissions? Have all humans use smallest, most efficient vehicles for transport, enable humans in cities cycle much more, etc__ BTW can answers be skewed towards "practical" =must be compatible with business as usual)?? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
SHOULD be good news for parents in East Galway & Oranmore looking for creche spaces? ... New creche planned right off the Old Dublin Road in Cuan An Rois-Rosshill !! .. BUT NOTE fine detail... creche amenities (ONLY) when (Cuan An Rois) fully developed ... Hmmm www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
Creches empty or converted to housing as developers seek to drop childcare facilities
Planning rules require developers to include a creche facility with 20 childcare placements for every 75 homes built in an estate
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September 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
SHOULD be good news for parents in East Galway & Oranmore looking for creche spaces? ... New creche planned right off the Old Dublin Road in Cuan An Rois-Rosshill !! .. BUT NOTE fine detail... creche amenities (ONLY) when (Cuan An Rois) fully developed ... Hmmm www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
With real political will ... there are solutions www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet
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September 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
With real political will ... there are solutions www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"When the world stops using oil and gas, we will stop looking for it ....." Politicians need to grant this guys wish !!!!
... Stop subsidies supporting oil and gas ... pivot fast to renewables, allow only small cars, eliminate all non essential plastics etc etc www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...
... Stop subsidies supporting oil and gas ... pivot fast to renewables, allow only small cars, eliminate all non essential plastics etc etc www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...
Chevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil for a ‘Long, Long Time’
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August 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"When the world stops using oil and gas, we will stop looking for it ....." Politicians need to grant this guys wish !!!!
... Stop subsidies supporting oil and gas ... pivot fast to renewables, allow only small cars, eliminate all non essential plastics etc etc www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...
... Stop subsidies supporting oil and gas ... pivot fast to renewables, allow only small cars, eliminate all non essential plastics etc etc www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...
-deregulating development will not remove conflicts—it shifts them to costly enforcement battles- Planning permission most efficient way to prevent problems before they arise-Remove oversight=more costs to local authorities+ owners+insurers risk
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August 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
-deregulating development will not remove conflicts—it shifts them to costly enforcement battles- Planning permission most efficient way to prevent problems before they arise-Remove oversight=more costs to local authorities+ owners+insurers risk
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@GalwayCityCo and @GalwayCoCo should very quickly collaborate with Eye Cinema and its insurers to enable the PALAS to open immediately and fill the film gap in Galway (at least until EYE is up an running) with Eye employees running the PALAS WHY NOT?? www.independent.ie/regionals/ga...
Woman hospitalised after Galway cinema is damaged by heavy rain
One woman was taken to hospital after the EYE Cinema in Galway City suffered structural damage to their building on Thursday.
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August 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
@GalwayCityCo and @GalwayCoCo should very quickly collaborate with Eye Cinema and its insurers to enable the PALAS to open immediately and fill the film gap in Galway (at least until EYE is up an running) with Eye employees running the PALAS WHY NOT?? www.independent.ie/regionals/ga...
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT in GALWAY must have a FAST 2 YEAR ROUTE for the #OranmoretoGalwayGREENWAY because in 15 years the planet will have warmed ANOTHER 1 degree #ATUObservatory #URBANLAB_GALWAY
#CyclingForAll
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#CyclingForAll
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A 15-year ‘muddle’: the long and winding road to building a greenway through Connemara
Old Clifden to Galway railway line is popular attraction, but progress on opening of full route is too slow for some
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August 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT in GALWAY must have a FAST 2 YEAR ROUTE for the #OranmoretoGalwayGREENWAY because in 15 years the planet will have warmed ANOTHER 1 degree #ATUObservatory #URBANLAB_GALWAY
#CyclingForAll
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#CyclingForAll
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Democrats need to get in fast gear ...fast and furiously ....to turn the trump tsunami to drown the zone www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
DNC chair says he's tired of Democrats bringing 'pencil to a knife fight'
Day 1 of the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting saw party chair Ken Martin detail how the party is pushing back on Trump administration policies and trying to win back voters.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Democrats need to get in fast gear ...fast and furiously ....to turn the trump tsunami to drown the zone www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
4 yrs after requesting release of records relating to Ireland's Food Vision 2030 strategy, Commissioner for Enviro Information concluded Dept o Taoiseach unjustly withheld documents under national and EU access to environmental information laws.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
4 yrs after requesting release of records relating to Ireland's Food Vision 2030 strategy, Commissioner for Enviro Information concluded Dept o Taoiseach unjustly withheld documents under national and EU access to environmental information laws.
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uneasy relationship between senior White House people and her- the president likes the idea+ he liked this in the first term, he liked this in business- having outside-in advisors he could use as checks on his inside advisors, and he can kind of play them off each other.
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Atlantic staff writer Michael Scherer on Laura Loomer's influence on President Trump
NPR's A Martinez talks with Atlantic staff writer Michael Scherer about Laura Loomer's influence with President Trump and his administration.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
uneasy relationship between senior White House people and her- the president likes the idea+ he liked this in the first term, he liked this in business- having outside-in advisors he could use as checks on his inside advisors, and he can kind of play them off each other.
www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...
Why mining under the sea is REALY MAD
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...
The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea for rare minerals. Science shows what's at stake
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Why mining under the sea is REALY MAD
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...
Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact. www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...