@coastalconcern.bsky.social
Citizens’ group seeking to ensure that as Ireland rolls out offshore wind, our valuable vulnerable marine ecosystems are protected. Yes to Marine Protected Areas. No to developer-led planning.
Apparently, according to Dr Lorcan Sirr, meeting housing targets would, in itself, mean emissions targets will not be met. We need some joined up thinking on this! And, of course, protecting and restoring nature is crucial.
Ireland could face fines of up to €26 billion if it fails to achieve reductions in carbon emissions in 2030, which is exactly where we're currently headed.
Paying farmers to rewild could *massively* help, and be a lifeline for our crashing nature. It's just SO obvious.
www.rte.ie/news/busines....
Paying farmers to rewild could *massively* help, and be a lifeline for our crashing nature. It's just SO obvious.
www.rte.ie/news/busines....
State 'facing €20bn fine' if it fails to reduce emissions
The State could face a cost of €20bn if it fails to achieve reductions in carbon emissions in 2030, according to an assessment by the watchdog which advises on the public finances.
www.rte.ie
March 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Apparently, according to Dr Lorcan Sirr, meeting housing targets would, in itself, mean emissions targets will not be met. We need some joined up thinking on this! And, of course, protecting and restoring nature is crucial.
Regulator’s Data Centre Proposals a ‘Kick to Touch’ on Climate | Friends of the Earth www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/regulat...
Regulator’s Data Centre Proposals a ‘Kick to Touch’ on Climate | Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth criticises CRU proposals on Data Centres given absence of restrictions on fossil gas use and lack of compatibility with climate law Friends of the Earth Ireland has …
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
March 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Regulator’s Data Centre Proposals a ‘Kick to Touch’ on Climate | Friends of the Earth www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/regulat...
It would be wonderful to see this appreciation spread . It's so badly needed in Ireland. elflaw.org/news/histori...
Historic decision sees River Ouse set to become first in England with legal rights - Environmental Law Foundation
Lewes, – In an exciting and groundbreaking decision, Lewes District Council have agreed to recognise the Rights of the River Ouse, paving the way for the Ouse to become the first in England to have it...
elflaw.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It would be wonderful to see this appreciation spread . It's so badly needed in Ireland. elflaw.org/news/histori...
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"The evidence for Homo sapiens playing the dominant role in the global megafauna extinctions constitutes one of the clearest, most well-supported patterns in ecology."
- @jcsvenning.bsky.social
- @jcsvenning.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"The evidence for Homo sapiens playing the dominant role in the global megafauna extinctions constitutes one of the clearest, most well-supported patterns in ecology."
- @jcsvenning.bsky.social
- @jcsvenning.bsky.social
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It may well be that @npwsireland.bsky.social are finally turning a corner on rhododendron, but I would call on them to release the report on the issue that they commissioned some time back and to publish their methodologies and work programmes so we can be sure
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘We’ve broken the barrier’: Optimism blossoms in the battle against rhododendron at Killarney National Park
Investment in machinery to clear ‘scourge’ species a ‘game changer’, says National Parks and Wildlife Service
www.irishtimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It may well be that @npwsireland.bsky.social are finally turning a corner on rhododendron, but I would call on them to release the report on the issue that they commissioned some time back and to publish their methodologies and work programmes so we can be sure
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having weighed up various options, Norway opts to cancel fixed bottom and commits to developing floating offshore wind. Ireland should take note & truly examine our options to ensure best practice for Irish citizens.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/11/n...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/11/n...
Norway Drops Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Plans, Shifts Focus to Floating Wind
The Norwegian government has cancelled plans for another fixed-bottom offshore wind tender in the North Sea due to cost concerns, shifting its focus toward developing floating offshore wind projects.
www.offshorewind.biz
February 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Having weighed up various options, Norway opts to cancel fixed bottom and commits to developing floating offshore wind. Ireland should take note & truly examine our options to ensure best practice for Irish citizens.
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/11/n...
www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/11/n...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
The principal issue here is conservation of nature vs development. Last year the Irish government voted for the Nature Restoration Law. Adhering to that law must include protecting what has survived human impacts to date.
The principal issue here is conservation of nature vs development. Last year the Irish government voted for the Nature Restoration Law. Adhering to that law must include protecting what has survived human impacts to date.
Pat Kenny blocking developers to protect badgers at home
Broadcaster Pat Kenny has stated that he will not allow nursing home developers Bartra enter the Kenny residential property in Dalkey in order to access a badger sett at the centre of a planning dispu...
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
The principal issue here is conservation of nature vs development. Last year the Irish government voted for the Nature Restoration Law. Adhering to that law must include protecting what has survived human impacts to date.
The principal issue here is conservation of nature vs development. Last year the Irish government voted for the Nature Restoration Law. Adhering to that law must include protecting what has survived human impacts to date.
This money
might facilitate more balanced reporting on such issues as how offshore wind infrastructure is sited and the vital need to protect the very ecosystems we will decimate with developer-led plans. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social
@news.rte.ie @newstalkfm.bsky.social
might facilitate more balanced reporting on such issues as how offshore wind infrastructure is sited and the vital need to protect the very ecosystems we will decimate with developer-led plans. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social
@news.rte.ie @newstalkfm.bsky.social
Media regulator announces €5.7m in new funding for local news and court reporting
Media regulator announces €5.7m in new funding for local news and court reporting
Coimisiún na Meán awards majority of grants to local media outlets
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This money
might facilitate more balanced reporting on such issues as how offshore wind infrastructure is sited and the vital need to protect the very ecosystems we will decimate with developer-led plans. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social
@news.rte.ie @newstalkfm.bsky.social
might facilitate more balanced reporting on such issues as how offshore wind infrastructure is sited and the vital need to protect the very ecosystems we will decimate with developer-led plans. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social
@news.rte.ie @newstalkfm.bsky.social
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Exploring the complex & concerning practical implications of the New Planning and Development Act with contributions from Dr Lorcan Sirr, @fplogue.bsky.social and An Taisce's Phoebe Duvall
Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Implementing the new Planning and Development Act
One of the first tasks facing the new Minister for Housing, is enacting the provisions of The Planning and Development Act. Our reporter Kate Egan has been looking at these changes...
www.rte.ie
February 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Exploring the complex & concerning practical implications of the New Planning and Development Act with contributions from Dr Lorcan Sirr, @fplogue.bsky.social and An Taisce's Phoebe Duvall
Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
This @pbresnihan.bsky.social podcast is essential listening for all who have an interest in the environment, energy, data centres and how the capitalist movement is embedding itself deeply & deviously, in such critical systems as Ireland's energy infrastructure.
New podcast episode!
@pbresnihan.bsky.social talks to us about resisting harmful digital infrastructures in Ireland, and the neglected histories of environmental and anti-colonial movements
futurenatures.org/podcast-unea...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social talks to us about resisting harmful digital infrastructures in Ireland, and the neglected histories of environmental and anti-colonial movements
futurenatures.org/podcast-unea...
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This @pbresnihan.bsky.social podcast is essential listening for all who have an interest in the environment, energy, data centres and how the capitalist movement is embedding itself deeply & deviously, in such critical systems as Ireland's energy infrastructure.
It’s on my wish list - at the top. So delighted you got to go there.
Yesterday, I returned from 3 weeks in Costa Rica, where I went to find out what can be learned from their spectacular success rewilding a country.
I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.
I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.
February 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s on my wish list - at the top. So delighted you got to go there.
Rebecca Hunter @irishtimes.com bemoans decline of wildlife in our seas. Beautifully written essay calls for honest & urgent response from @npwsireland.bsky.social @COSullivanTD. Areas designated must TRULY protect. No more paper parks or manipulated boundaries & please give us honest processes too.
February 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Rebecca Hunter @irishtimes.com bemoans decline of wildlife in our seas. Beautifully written essay calls for honest & urgent response from @npwsireland.bsky.social @COSullivanTD. Areas designated must TRULY protect. No more paper parks or manipulated boundaries & please give us honest processes too.
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Red = lowest ecological integrity.
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
February 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Red = lowest ecological integrity.
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
Absolutely charming to hear @seanronayne.bsky.social with his Bird Songs on Lyric FM, a birdsong vignette to celebrate beginning of Spring! A perfect place to broadcast the music of birds…Today it was the starling. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? 🐦⬛
February 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Absolutely charming to hear @seanronayne.bsky.social with his Bird Songs on Lyric FM, a birdsong vignette to celebrate beginning of Spring! A perfect place to broadcast the music of birds…Today it was the starling. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? 🐦⬛
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And an Irish non-fiction by Dermod Dwyer & his son, Denis. Copy just arrived & looks beautiful.
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
And an Irish non-fiction by Dermod Dwyer & his son, Denis. Copy just arrived & looks beautiful.
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"A region of the Pacific Ocean that’s larger than Switzerland is now fully protected from fishing, thanks to the creation of a massive new marine sanctuary in the Marshall Islands"
More fantastic news for your Friday!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....
More fantastic news for your Friday!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....
A New Marine Protected Area in the Marshall Islands Is Brimming With Life, Like a 'Time Machine' to Oceans Long Ago
The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"A region of the Pacific Ocean that’s larger than Switzerland is now fully protected from fishing, thanks to the creation of a massive new marine sanctuary in the Marshall Islands"
More fantastic news for your Friday!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....
More fantastic news for your Friday!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....
So many of the impacts of wind energy remain inadequately understood.
www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-off...
www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-off...
Offshore Wind Farms Could Cause Significant Ecosystem, Economic And Human Health Risks
The materials used to protect wind turbines from corrosion leach into the surrounding water, which could pose risks to ecosystems, seafood safety and human health, new research from the University of ...
www.eurasiareview.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So many of the impacts of wind energy remain inadequately understood.
www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-off...
www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-off...
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On January 28th, 2025, 14 Dolphins were stolen from their families Taiji, Japan to meet the demand for captive Dolphins.
Don't forget that when you buy a ticket to a Dolphin show, or to swim with Dolphins, you supply the demand for captive Dolphins.
Please #DontBuyATicket.
Credit @OP_Society
Don't forget that when you buy a ticket to a Dolphin show, or to swim with Dolphins, you supply the demand for captive Dolphins.
Please #DontBuyATicket.
Credit @OP_Society
January 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On January 28th, 2025, 14 Dolphins were stolen from their families Taiji, Japan to meet the demand for captive Dolphins.
Don't forget that when you buy a ticket to a Dolphin show, or to swim with Dolphins, you supply the demand for captive Dolphins.
Please #DontBuyATicket.
Credit @OP_Society
Don't forget that when you buy a ticket to a Dolphin show, or to swim with Dolphins, you supply the demand for captive Dolphins.
Please #DontBuyATicket.
Credit @OP_Society
Absolutely delighted @christopher_o_sullivan_TD to see your appointment this morning, having quietly hoped that you would get this job. We look forward to a new, straightforward approach to the protection of nature. Congratulations.
January 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Absolutely delighted @christopher_o_sullivan_TD to see your appointment this morning, having quietly hoped that you would get this job. We look forward to a new, straightforward approach to the protection of nature. Congratulations.
High levels of PFAS in Enniscorthy otters, revealed by WATERSHED, indepent journalists reporting on freshwater & marine environment. Fish in Irish rivers also impacted.
January 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
High levels of PFAS in Enniscorthy otters, revealed by WATERSHED, indepent journalists reporting on freshwater & marine environment. Fish in Irish rivers also impacted.
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One thing I appreciate about Jonathan Cary's book, Scorched Earth, is how resolute he is in arguing that the 'internet complex' is beyond reform. The ideas of 'ethical AI' or 'green AI' are very much part of the problem.
January 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One thing I appreciate about Jonathan Cary's book, Scorched Earth, is how resolute he is in arguing that the 'internet complex' is beyond reform. The ideas of 'ethical AI' or 'green AI' are very much part of the problem.