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What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
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Impeach and remove. Indict and convict.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Impeach and remove. Indict and convict.
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What excuse do the other countries have for delaying nature restoartion?
Mindblowing and inspiring that Ukraine has managed to continue its dam removal efforts in spite of everything.
freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...
freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...
Ukrainian river restoration project during wartime wins major award
The Bilyi River after the removal of an obsolete dam. Image: Danube-Carpathian Programme Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought death and destruction not only to towns and cities, but als…
freshwaterblog.net
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What excuse do the other countries have for delaying nature restoartion?
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Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Oireachtas committee calls for tougher penalties after major Blackwater fish kill in Cork
An Oireachtas committee recommends stronger enforcement powers, rapid response protocols and tougher penalties following Ireland’s largest recorded fish kill
www.irishexaminer.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
An extraordinary find in the Irish Sea left experts gobsmacked
Ella McSweeney: Is a once-common species returning to the Irish Sea thanks to overspill from marine protected areas elsewhere?
www.irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Environmental deregulation and even more farming intensification are suicidal policies given what is already happening.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Environmental deregulation and even more farming intensification are suicidal policies given what is already happening.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ireland has failed to provide any evidence that the next nitrates derogation will provide solutions to our ever-worsening water quality. We aren't holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven't for decades.
#NitratesDerogation
#NitratePollution
#NitratesDerogation
#NitratePollution
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ireland has failed to provide any evidence that the next nitrates derogation will provide solutions to our ever-worsening water quality. We aren't holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven't for decades.
#NitratesDerogation
#NitratePollution
#NitratesDerogation
#NitratePollution
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Consultation on new laws to limit the amount the public's lawyers can be awarded if they win in #JudicialReview is going to be buried over the Christmas holidays to stimy public input.
This risks seriously impacting fair representation b4 the #courts
Details 2 follow here, so 👀 pls
#accesstojustice
This risks seriously impacting fair representation b4 the #courts
Details 2 follow here, so 👀 pls
#accesstojustice
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Consultation on new laws to limit the amount the public's lawyers can be awarded if they win in #JudicialReview is going to be buried over the Christmas holidays to stimy public input.
This risks seriously impacting fair representation b4 the #courts
Details 2 follow here, so 👀 pls
#accesstojustice
This risks seriously impacting fair representation b4 the #courts
Details 2 follow here, so 👀 pls
#accesstojustice
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Extraordinary misinformation in this interview from MEP Ciaran Mullooly, claiming that water quality in the River Blackwater is 'excellent' when, in fact, a third of its water bodies are polluted, primarily from agriculture!
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Extraordinary misinformation in this interview from MEP Ciaran Mullooly, claiming that water quality in the River Blackwater is 'excellent' when, in fact, a third of its water bodies are polluted, primarily from agriculture!
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SWAN's submission to the draft 6th Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) is out.
The NAP is meant to be a plan to tackle nutrient pollution in Ireland, but it fails in urgency & relies on inadequate measures that won't achieve what is needed to restore our waters.
swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
The NAP is meant to be a plan to tackle nutrient pollution in Ireland, but it fails in urgency & relies on inadequate measures that won't achieve what is needed to restore our waters.
swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
SWAN's submission to the draft 6th Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) is out.
The NAP is meant to be a plan to tackle nutrient pollution in Ireland, but it fails in urgency & relies on inadequate measures that won't achieve what is needed to restore our waters.
swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
The NAP is meant to be a plan to tackle nutrient pollution in Ireland, but it fails in urgency & relies on inadequate measures that won't achieve what is needed to restore our waters.
swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...
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🖤🐺 Black Wolf Friday = the perfect day to adopt Kinari!
Support her care, enrichment, and ambassador work with a symbolic adoption.
Adopt Kinari: https://adoptions.nywolf.org/products/adopt-kinari
Support her care, enrichment, and ambassador work with a symbolic adoption.
Adopt Kinari: https://adoptions.nywolf.org/products/adopt-kinari
Symbolic Adoption - ambassador wolf Kinari
Born on April 12, 2025, Kinari (meaning “twinkling star” or "moonlight”) is a gray wolf who joined the Wolf Conservation Center family in May of 2025.
adoptions.nywolf.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🖤🐺 Black Wolf Friday = the perfect day to adopt Kinari!
Support her care, enrichment, and ambassador work with a symbolic adoption.
Adopt Kinari: https://adoptions.nywolf.org/products/adopt-kinari
Support her care, enrichment, and ambassador work with a symbolic adoption.
Adopt Kinari: https://adoptions.nywolf.org/products/adopt-kinari
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Wildcats are being reintroduced across many parts of Britain.
Now it's Ireland's turn.
Now it's Ireland's turn.
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Wildcats are being reintroduced across many parts of Britain.
Now it's Ireland's turn.
Now it's Ireland's turn.
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Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
search.app
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
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This cartoon never gets old.
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This cartoon never gets old.
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Wake up call and reality check for all concerned with delivery of decent #housing, and positive societal outcomes from #planning
Lorcan Sirr talkimg sense, stats and evidence, incl on scapegoating #JR #JudicialReview
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr talkimg sense, stats and evidence, incl on scapegoating #JR #JudicialReview
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Wake up call and reality check for all concerned with delivery of decent #housing, and positive societal outcomes from #planning
Lorcan Sirr talkimg sense, stats and evidence, incl on scapegoating #JR #JudicialReview
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr talkimg sense, stats and evidence, incl on scapegoating #JR #JudicialReview
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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There's a tradition that never gets old: our ex-orphans returning home after giving birth, just to share the joy with the Keepers who raised them. This time of year is full of these reunions - mothers bringing their wild-born babies back to say hello. That's what your support creates. 🐘💚
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
There's a tradition that never gets old: our ex-orphans returning home after giving birth, just to share the joy with the Keepers who raised them. This time of year is full of these reunions - mothers bringing their wild-born babies back to say hello. That's what your support creates. 🐘💚
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Wintering Whoopers continue to be displaced from bogs here by BNM as they carry out coring & excavation works for the proposed Derryadd WF. ACP & epa have passed the book. Longford CoCo and NPWS yet to respond.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wintering Whoopers continue to be displaced from bogs here by BNM as they carry out coring & excavation works for the proposed Derryadd WF. ACP & epa have passed the book. Longford CoCo and NPWS yet to respond.
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These are just two examples of a pattern of rule-breaking that undermines trust in EU policymaking. Environmental protections cannot be dismantled behind closed doors under a false sense of urgency ❌
The EU must commit to fair, transparent law-making.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
The EU must commit to fair, transparent law-making.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
EU watchdog slams Commission's undemocratic environmental rollbacks | ClientEarth
View the press release
www.clientearth.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
These are just two examples of a pattern of rule-breaking that undermines trust in EU policymaking. Environmental protections cannot be dismantled behind closed doors under a false sense of urgency ❌
The EU must commit to fair, transparent law-making.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
The EU must commit to fair, transparent law-making.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
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🚨 The EU watchdog has spoken: @ec.europa.eu broke its own rules with its rushed handling of the #Omnibus I and 2024 #CAP reform, rolling back key environmental protections without:
🔎 Impact assessment or public consultation
🤐 Engaging all stakeholders
🌡️ Considering EU climate obligations
🔎 Impact assessment or public consultation
🤐 Engaging all stakeholders
🌡️ Considering EU climate obligations
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨 The EU watchdog has spoken: @ec.europa.eu broke its own rules with its rushed handling of the #Omnibus I and 2024 #CAP reform, rolling back key environmental protections without:
🔎 Impact assessment or public consultation
🤐 Engaging all stakeholders
🌡️ Considering EU climate obligations
🔎 Impact assessment or public consultation
🤐 Engaging all stakeholders
🌡️ Considering EU climate obligations
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This ruling is about 3 important files, but the deregulation wave touches upon almost everything. Also #digitalrights. Corporate Europe Observatory filed a complaint to #EuropeanOmbudsman about the digital deregulation package, another attack on people’s rights.
See: shorturl.at/YDlYC
See: shorturl.at/YDlYC
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This ruling is about 3 important files, but the deregulation wave touches upon almost everything. Also #digitalrights. Corporate Europe Observatory filed a complaint to #EuropeanOmbudsman about the digital deregulation package, another attack on people’s rights.
See: shorturl.at/YDlYC
See: shorturl.at/YDlYC
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💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Ombudsman finds maladministration in how Commission prepared urgent legislative proposals
The proposals concerned corporate sustainability due diligence (Omnibus I), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and countering migrant smuggling.
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
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EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/eu...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/eu...
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/eu...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/eu...
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🚨 The EU Environmental Omnibus - designed to weaken environmental laws - may be delayed! Political fights over weakening the Nature Restoration Law & Urban Waste Water rules risk public health & democracy— a record number of citizens backed stronger protections! 🌍
www.endseurope.com/article/1941...
www.endseurope.com/article/1941...
EXCLUSIVE: Dombrovskis seeks to reopen EU nature restoration law
The commissioner in charge of the European Commission’s deregulation drive has sought to include the EU’s flagship nature restoration rules in the upcoming environmental ‘omnibus’ simplification packa...
www.endseurope.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 The EU Environmental Omnibus - designed to weaken environmental laws - may be delayed! Political fights over weakening the Nature Restoration Law & Urban Waste Water rules risk public health & democracy— a record number of citizens backed stronger protections! 🌍
www.endseurope.com/article/1941...
www.endseurope.com/article/1941...
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📣“Good law-making cannot be compromised even for the sake of urgency” said @ombudsman.europa.eu
EU Ombudsman accuses Commission of maladministration over farm rule changes | Euractiv
The first CAP simplification package followed a wave of farmer protests across the EU and was deemed politically urgent by the Commission
www.euractiv.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📣“Good law-making cannot be compromised even for the sake of urgency” said @ombudsman.europa.eu
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