C Volkmann
@sailshipearth.bsky.social
Music, Trees, A Planet with Music and Trees. Building community and opposing fascism so I can get on with having a brilliant time with Music and Trees.
Enviro/Community space Ireland 🇮🇪
Harmonicas, Bass, Triangle, Woke AF
Stage Invaders champion: KS14
Enviro/Community space Ireland 🇮🇪
Harmonicas, Bass, Triangle, Woke AF
Stage Invaders champion: KS14
Industry lobbying has to be decoupled from governance
This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Industry lobbying has to be decoupled from governance
Would Google ever just stop being Bond villains?
Under the radar, Google has added features that allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Would Google ever just stop being Bond villains?
Not that I think that any of you are not aware of this, but we need to start saying it clearly so we know we're on the same page -
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Not that I think that any of you are not aware of this, but we need to start saying it clearly so we know we're on the same page -
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What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
It's like Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, have joined the club of pro- industry and billionaire politicians and are distinct from the likes of the GOP and the Tories only by words, as their actions and in-actions only advance goals of private money, to the detriment of the notion of a habitable planet
The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It's like Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, have joined the club of pro- industry and billionaire politicians and are distinct from the likes of the GOP and the Tories only by words, as their actions and in-actions only advance goals of private money, to the detriment of the notion of a habitable planet
It is easy to unite over the goal to destroy. It is more complex to unite to build something - Right now, We need to unite over the goal to not let the planet be destroyed.
Afterwards, It's not like we can't use the tools to deal with complexities, just because some reject debate and consensus.
Afterwards, It's not like we can't use the tools to deal with complexities, just because some reject debate and consensus.
More people want to see a left government than the continuation of FF/FG.
There is an onus on all on left to build on the momentum from Connolly campaign.
All parties should now join PBP in ruling out coalition with FF and FG, so that the next election can be a clear choice.
There is an onus on all on left to build on the momentum from Connolly campaign.
All parties should now join PBP in ruling out coalition with FF and FG, so that the next election can be a clear choice.
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It is easy to unite over the goal to destroy. It is more complex to unite to build something - Right now, We need to unite over the goal to not let the planet be destroyed.
Afterwards, It's not like we can't use the tools to deal with complexities, just because some reject debate and consensus.
Afterwards, It's not like we can't use the tools to deal with complexities, just because some reject debate and consensus.
Join me on November 15 for the national Climate March - People before Polluters! | Friends of the Earth www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-ma...
Join the National Climate March
It's time to put People before Big Polluters!
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Join me on November 15 for the national Climate March - People before Polluters! | Friends of the Earth www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-ma...
All in!
Join us at the National Climate March!
We’ll be marching for climate justice, urging the Government to put people before big polluters ✊
Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/
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We’ll be marching for climate justice, urging the Government to put people before big polluters ✊
Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/
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Join the National Climate March
It's time to put People before Big Polluters!
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
All in!
I can tell you: there won't be sincere inquiry and redress, nor reconciliation, until the government is not made up of the parties whose legacy these institutions are.
‘They have been sidelined’ - historic trauma at Ireland's mental institutions jrnl.ie/6853901
‘They have been sidelined’ - historic trauma at Ireland's mental institutions jrnl.ie/6853901
‘They have been sidelined’ - historic trauma at Ireland's mental institutions
The Journal Investigates hears allegations of historic neglect, forced labour and isolation in Ireland’s shuttered state-run asylums from the 1950s to the early 2000s.
jrnl.ie
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I can tell you: there won't be sincere inquiry and redress, nor reconciliation, until the government is not made up of the parties whose legacy these institutions are.
‘They have been sidelined’ - historic trauma at Ireland's mental institutions jrnl.ie/6853901
‘They have been sidelined’ - historic trauma at Ireland's mental institutions jrnl.ie/6853901
Still no sign of responsibility to their children
Nature doesn’t negotiate.
Our leaders’ hope for a ‘discount’ is a yet another shocking, unforgivable, betrayal.
Our leaders’ hope for a ‘discount’ is a yet another shocking, unforgivable, betrayal.
Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals
Ireland will miss its EU climate targets on agriculture, transport and buildings and likely face financial penalties, but can it secure concessions?
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1027/1540633-analysis-comment-eu-climate-goals/#:~:text=Last%20March%2C%20the%20political%20system,billion%20and%20€26%20billion
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Still no sign of responsibility to their children
Can I still identify as a hamburger? So confused by all this
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Can I still identify as a hamburger? So confused by all this
End of
To be simultaneously holding that the largest vote in the history of the state doesn't matter but the few thousand people who spoiled their vote has proven that our electoral democracy is a sham is gas
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
End of
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Politicians defending these despicable "legitimate concerns" protests have carried the ball up the pitch for the riots at citywest.
Thank God Eimer is there cause none of these people, TDs included, seem to give a shit when it's a white Irish man brutalizing, abusing, or murdering women or children
Thank God Eimer is there cause none of these people, TDs included, seem to give a shit when it's a white Irish man brutalizing, abusing, or murdering women or children
🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Politicians defending these despicable "legitimate concerns" protests have carried the ball up the pitch for the riots at citywest.
Thank God Eimer is there cause none of these people, TDs included, seem to give a shit when it's a white Irish man brutalizing, abusing, or murdering women or children
Thank God Eimer is there cause none of these people, TDs included, seem to give a shit when it's a white Irish man brutalizing, abusing, or murdering women or children
"Here's the thing about what right- wingers say: I don't give a crap. They hate us."
Tony, 34, software engineer
#NoKings
jrnl.ie/6848440
Tony, 34, software engineer
#NoKings
jrnl.ie/6848440
Millions demonstrate against Trump's policies in 'No Kings' rallies across US
Organisers said seven million people marched in protests spanning New York to Los Angeles.
jrnl.ie
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"Here's the thing about what right- wingers say: I don't give a crap. They hate us."
Tony, 34, software engineer
#NoKings
jrnl.ie/6848440
Tony, 34, software engineer
#NoKings
jrnl.ie/6848440
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Bike bunkers! One of my most common requests in inner city areas. Well, they're finally here. The contract has been signed and they're taking requests now. I'm off to apply for one!
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bike bunkers! One of my most common requests in inner city areas. Well, they're finally here. The contract has been signed and they're taking requests now. I'm off to apply for one!
At this point I would like to give a shout out to the Fossil Fuels Industry who are bucking the trend and are pulling in insane profits quarter after quarter, destroying the only Biosphere for lightyears.
#FossilFuels
#budget2025
#subsidies
#traitors
#FossilFuels
#budget2025
#subsidies
#traitors
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
At this point I would like to give a shout out to the Fossil Fuels Industry who are bucking the trend and are pulling in insane profits quarter after quarter, destroying the only Biosphere for lightyears.
#FossilFuels
#budget2025
#subsidies
#traitors
#FossilFuels
#budget2025
#subsidies
#traitors
If you do nothing for Nature but one thing this week - get onto your email and let your public representative have it - this clear- felling of native Irish woodland can't be let stand.
Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.
Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.
Another significant environmental crime
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
jrnl.ie/6805578
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
jrnl.ie/6805578
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
jrnl.ie
October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you do nothing for Nature but one thing this week - get onto your email and let your public representative have it - this clear- felling of native Irish woodland can't be let stand.
Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.
Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.
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In addition to being totally pathetic, he's also completely wrong.
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.
www.independent.ie
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In addition to being totally pathetic, he's also completely wrong.
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it
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Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Defines what we're up against nicely
The combustion risks are growing for human society as a result of the climate crisis.
So beware the incendiary rhetoric of Musk, Trump, Thiel and other super-rich fire starters.
My latest take on the link between extreme weather and extreme politics.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So beware the incendiary rhetoric of Musk, Trump, Thiel and other super-rich fire starters.
My latest take on the link between extreme weather and extreme politics.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand - billionaires like Musk are pushing both
Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Defines what we're up against nicely
From the Marcellus Shale Field to the Shannon Estuary: Appalachia, Ireland and the Fossil Gas Trade
Event in Patagonia Dublin, and online:
We're going live with our Pittsburgh Store who support their local community who are impacted by fracking
fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com
Event in Patagonia Dublin, and online:
We're going live with our Pittsburgh Store who support their local community who are impacted by fracking
fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com
From the Marcellus Shale Field to the Shannon Estuary: Appalachia, Ireland, and the Fossil Gas Trade
Europe
fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
From the Marcellus Shale Field to the Shannon Estuary: Appalachia, Ireland and the Fossil Gas Trade
Event in Patagonia Dublin, and online:
We're going live with our Pittsburgh Store who support their local community who are impacted by fracking
fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com
Event in Patagonia Dublin, and online:
We're going live with our Pittsburgh Store who support their local community who are impacted by fracking
fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com
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As the Irish Minister for Agriculture vows to fight for the right to keep filling rivers with levels of agri-pollutants illegal in the rest of the EU, results show a massive leap of 16% in a single year.
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...
Fertiliser pollution of Irish rivers is getting worse - at a really bad time for the government
It comes just as the government is seeking an extension to Ireland’s nitrates derogation.
share.google
September 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As the Irish Minister for Agriculture vows to fight for the right to keep filling rivers with levels of agri-pollutants illegal in the rest of the EU, results show a massive leap of 16% in a single year.
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...
Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...
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Under the surface — how nitrates affect freshwater ecosystems and how we're failing to protect them
An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo
Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo
Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Under the surface — how nitrates affect freshwater ecosystems and how we're failing to protect them
An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo
Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo
Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
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The Climate Conversations 2025 survey is now open. The government is asking people to share their views on building a more sustainable future!
Some of the questions are poorly designed and risk encouraging climate science denial, so it's vital that strong, evidence-based voices are heard!
Some of the questions are poorly designed and risk encouraging climate science denial, so it's vital that strong, evidence-based voices are heard!
Climate Conversations 2025 Consultation
www.gov.ie
September 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Climate Conversations 2025 survey is now open. The government is asking people to share their views on building a more sustainable future!
Some of the questions are poorly designed and risk encouraging climate science denial, so it's vital that strong, evidence-based voices are heard!
Some of the questions are poorly designed and risk encouraging climate science denial, so it's vital that strong, evidence-based voices are heard!