Sinead O'Brien
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🇺🇸 “The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived”
“concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land & not really paying any taxes”
“electricity load from data centers are helping to drive up utility bills”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
“concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land & not really paying any taxes”
“electricity load from data centers are helping to drive up utility bills”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🇺🇸 “The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived”
“concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land & not really paying any taxes”
“electricity load from data centers are helping to drive up utility bills”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
“concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land & not really paying any taxes”
“electricity load from data centers are helping to drive up utility bills”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
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 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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We're constantly being told that pollution prevention measures are working and more time is needed to show results. But the rivers don't lie.
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
Half of the farms inspected by Cork County Council under the National Agriculture Inspection Programme (NAIP) this year have failed to comply with the government’s Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) reg...
www.independent.ie
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We're constantly being told that pollution prevention measures are working and more time is needed to show results. But the rivers don't lie.
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
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A fascinating study recently published in the journal 'Environmental Science & Technology' has found that routine hair styling causes air pollution and exposure to ultra fine particles in concentrations that rivals sitting in heavy traffic.
#CleanTheAir
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ind...
#CleanTheAir
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ind...
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A fascinating study recently published in the journal 'Environmental Science & Technology' has found that routine hair styling causes air pollution and exposure to ultra fine particles in concentrations that rivals sitting in heavy traffic.
#CleanTheAir
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ind...
#CleanTheAir
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ind...
The CO2 ppm is high for being in a playground beside a river. The playground is beside a road that enters a village. Between HGVs and homes burning solid fuels to stay warm, the CO2 is higher than the ~420ppm you would expect as a baseline level. This would be a great indoor reading. #FridayAirday
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The CO2 ppm is high for being in a playground beside a river. The playground is beside a road that enters a village. Between HGVs and homes burning solid fuels to stay warm, the CO2 is higher than the ~420ppm you would expect as a baseline level. This would be a great indoor reading. #FridayAirday
This is a screenshot for #FridayAirday from my @airspothealth.bsky.social reading so far. The window has been open through the night & all morning. Co2 levels started rising once neighbours started burning solid fuel. The air quality in the West of Ireland massively deteriorates in cold temps.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is a screenshot for #FridayAirday from my @airspothealth.bsky.social reading so far. The window has been open through the night & all morning. Co2 levels started rising once neighbours started burning solid fuel. The air quality in the West of Ireland massively deteriorates in cold temps.
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This is a reminder that tomorrow is #FridayAirday! Help us create awareness of the importance of indoor/outdoor air quality by capturing an image of your CO2 monitor in whatever contexts you want to share. #CleanTheAir
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is a reminder that tomorrow is #FridayAirday! Help us create awareness of the importance of indoor/outdoor air quality by capturing an image of your CO2 monitor in whatever contexts you want to share. #CleanTheAir
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The casual way this techbro talks about the "error-prone" products they are throwing out into the world, the necessity for the consumer to accept, train for, and correct for these, and the impending economic chaos wrought by the frenzy they are creating as though it's normal and natural: holy hell.
Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss
Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The casual way this techbro talks about the "error-prone" products they are throwing out into the world, the necessity for the consumer to accept, train for, and correct for these, and the impending economic chaos wrought by the frenzy they are creating as though it's normal and natural: holy hell.
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1 out of every 25 Cop30 participants is someone who absolutely doesn't want to mitigate climate change.
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
1 out of every 25 Cop30 participants is someone who absolutely doesn't want to mitigate climate change.
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Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
Electricity bills in states with the most data centers are surging www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices
Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ireland, take note #SpéirGorm
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Nothing makes me stop paying attention quicker than hearing or reading 'I asked ChatGPT...'
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Nothing makes me stop paying attention quicker than hearing or reading 'I asked ChatGPT...'
Because I have FOMO being unable to add live readings of the CO2 concentrations in my environment today for @cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirday ; here's one of the best readings I've ever recorded with an @airspothealth.bsky.social CO2 monitor I borrowed from a friend for my travels in October.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Because I have FOMO being unable to add live readings of the CO2 concentrations in my environment today for @cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirday ; here's one of the best readings I've ever recorded with an @airspothealth.bsky.social CO2 monitor I borrowed from a friend for my travels in October.
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👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👀 Irish data centres are now using 22% of all electricity generated in Ireland, more than all urban homes combined & drawing an unquantified amount (lots) of Ireland’s water capacity
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
Could AI demands be related to recent push to fast-track infrastructure, side-step safeguards & reduce court access?
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Various indoor readings -from the readings in the first example it looks like more windows need to be opened.
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Various indoor readings -from the readings in the first example it looks like more windows need to be opened.
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
Ventilation can reduce CO2 levels and insure healthier air.
#FridayAirDay
#CleanTheAir
@cleanairie.bsky.social
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Soon I will focus on a crucial topic for our industry: How Global Open Air Quality Standards Help Accelerate Decarbonization.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Soon I will focus on a crucial topic for our industry: How Global Open Air Quality Standards Help Accelerate Decarbonization.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
IAQ & energy efficiency are often seen as competing goals, but I'll be sharing insights on how synergistic strategies improve building health & drive down carbon emissions.
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When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
It should be a national scandal that the official government excuse for not recognising COVID-19/ Long Covid as an occupational illness is because community transmission is now so prevalent. This is an admission of failure and abandonment of public health. The repercussions will be felt for decades.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It should be a national scandal that the official government excuse for not recognising COVID-19/ Long Covid as an occupational illness is because community transmission is now so prevalent. This is an admission of failure and abandonment of public health. The repercussions will be felt for decades.
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Failure to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease places the continued delivery of long-term sick payments needed by so many workers on a precarious footing.
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
Government’s failure to recognise Covid-19 as occupational disease shows lessons from pandemic not being learned
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has today (11 November) expressed its deep disappointment at the Government’s refusal to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Failure to formally recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease places the continued delivery of long-term sick payments needed by so many workers on a precarious footing.
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
We support ICTU in their calls to formally classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
www.ictu.ie/news/governm...
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Ireland remains among a small number of EU Member States that have not formally recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease or injury, contrary to recommendations from the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ireland remains among a small number of EU Member States that have not formally recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease or injury, contrary to recommendations from the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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“Who knows how many children I & my friends would have with [secure high quality affordable housing] certainly enough to maintain pension-paying workforce. Govt’s strategy of pinning pension hopes on migrant workers is short-sighted & a tragedy for Irish women” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
‘I cannot express how seriously the housing crisis has impacted me (35 years old and female) and my friends’
On a recent visit to a friend in Copenhagen, I was struck by how many couples in their young 20s had multiple babies
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Who knows how many children I & my friends would have with [secure high quality affordable housing] certainly enough to maintain pension-paying workforce. Govt’s strategy of pinning pension hopes on migrant workers is short-sighted & a tragedy for Irish women” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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What a mystery it is that so many can’t work. Might it be long COVID 🤦♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fix IPC!
Fix IPC!
Inquiry to review rising levels of youth inactivity
Former Labour Health Secretary Alan Milburn will lead the investigation, with conclusions set to be published next summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What a mystery it is that so many can’t work. Might it be long COVID 🤦♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fix IPC!
Fix IPC!
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Covid is spread through the air. It lingers in the air like smoke, often for hours in poorly ventilated buildings. To prevent long covid numbers from increasing, we must reduce the spread of covid infections. We must improve ventilation in our shared buildings and clean the air.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Covid is spread through the air. It lingers in the air like smoke, often for hours in poorly ventilated buildings. To prevent long covid numbers from increasing, we must reduce the spread of covid infections. We must improve ventilation in our shared buildings and clean the air.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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We are immensely proud of CAAI member Lydia Fischer Dooley, Long Covid Advocate and Campaigner, for speaking openly and publicly about how a repeat Covid infection changed her life.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone
The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she…
www.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are immensely proud of CAAI member Lydia Fischer Dooley, Long Covid Advocate and Campaigner, for speaking openly and publicly about how a repeat Covid infection changed her life.
#CleanTheAir
#CleanTheAir
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