Philip Boucher-Hayes
@philipb-h.bsky.social
Mostly a journalist. Mostly RTÉ Radio and Television (Ireland). Mostly climate, farming, nature. Never said no to a Ginger Snap biscuit.
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Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
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How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
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Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
“I can assure you, and I have the full backing of an Taoiseach, Micheál Martin on this … that we will fund the Nature Restoration Plan”
- Minister Christopher O’Sullivan
A promise worth making a note of. It happened in this conversation. 👇
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- Minister Christopher O’Sullivan
A promise worth making a note of. It happened in this conversation. 👇
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?
Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
www.rte.ie
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“I can assure you, and I have the full backing of an Taoiseach, Micheál Martin on this … that we will fund the Nature Restoration Plan”
- Minister Christopher O’Sullivan
A promise worth making a note of. It happened in this conversation. 👇
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
- Minister Christopher O’Sullivan
A promise worth making a note of. It happened in this conversation. 👇
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
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Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours
The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
The secret to good comedy is . . . . .
. . . . Timing
Bill Gates argues against decarbonising to avoid #Climate Change on the same day that a hurricane nearly violent enough to be called a Category 6 hits Jamaica.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
. . . . Timing
Bill Gates argues against decarbonising to avoid #Climate Change on the same day that a hurricane nearly violent enough to be called a Category 6 hits Jamaica.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change | CNN Business
In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued r...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The secret to good comedy is . . . . .
. . . . Timing
Bill Gates argues against decarbonising to avoid #Climate Change on the same day that a hurricane nearly violent enough to be called a Category 6 hits Jamaica.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
. . . . Timing
Bill Gates argues against decarbonising to avoid #Climate Change on the same day that a hurricane nearly violent enough to be called a Category 6 hits Jamaica.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b...
“But there’s no interest in #climate change any more!”
Barely a fortnight on YouTube and Global Warning has already been watched half a million times. Plus look at the appetite in the comments for more reliable info. @aljazeera.com has made them free to air so share them.
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
Barely a fortnight on YouTube and Global Warning has already been watched half a million times. Plus look at the appetite in the comments for more reliable info. @aljazeera.com has made them free to air so share them.
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“But there’s no interest in #climate change any more!”
Barely a fortnight on YouTube and Global Warning has already been watched half a million times. Plus look at the appetite in the comments for more reliable info. @aljazeera.com has made them free to air so share them.
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
Barely a fortnight on YouTube and Global Warning has already been watched half a million times. Plus look at the appetite in the comments for more reliable info. @aljazeera.com has made them free to air so share them.
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
I bags first go of it.
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I bags first go of it.
The eye watering prices we are paying for beef are caused by all sorts of hidden factors and come with unforeseen social, environmental and cost of living pros and cons.
I spent a few days in suckler cow country. Deep Dive Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
I spent a few days in suckler cow country. Deep Dive Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The eye watering prices we are paying for beef are caused by all sorts of hidden factors and come with unforeseen social, environmental and cost of living pros and cons.
I spent a few days in suckler cow country. Deep Dive Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
I spent a few days in suckler cow country. Deep Dive Listen 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide.
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide.
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
Reposted by Philip Boucher-Hayes
" #Climate change is no longer a distant fear, it has now become a clear & current threat.
Things that used to happen on geological timescales are now unravelling in *our* lifetimes" - @philipb-h.bsky.social
#GlobalWarning ⚠️ @aljazeera.com
Things that used to happen on geological timescales are now unravelling in *our* lifetimes" - @philipb-h.bsky.social
#GlobalWarning ⚠️ @aljazeera.com
Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
" #Climate change is no longer a distant fear, it has now become a clear & current threat.
Things that used to happen on geological timescales are now unravelling in *our* lifetimes" - @philipb-h.bsky.social
#GlobalWarning ⚠️ @aljazeera.com
Things that used to happen on geological timescales are now unravelling in *our* lifetimes" - @philipb-h.bsky.social
#GlobalWarning ⚠️ @aljazeera.com
Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1
The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
With everything going on in the polycrisis #Climate has been very much pushed to the side. So I’m impressed (and a little relieved) that @aljazeera.com has bought and scheduled a documentary series I made. Starts next Thursday. #GlobalWarning #ClimateCrisis
October 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
With everything going on in the polycrisis #Climate has been very much pushed to the side. So I’m impressed (and a little relieved) that @aljazeera.com has bought and scheduled a documentary series I made. Starts next Thursday. #GlobalWarning #ClimateCrisis
Nobody can be blamed for the largest fish kill in Irish history Everyone along the Blackwater River was complying with the rules.
Might the rules no longer be fit for purpose?
#Climate #Biodiversity #Rivers
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Might the rules no longer be fit for purpose?
#Climate #Biodiversity #Rivers
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
How to restore river health
The report on the River Blackwater fish kill published this week was inconclusive, with no enough evidence to say what was to blame for the largest fish kill in Irish history. We discuss the impact of...
www.rte.ie
September 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Nobody can be blamed for the largest fish kill in Irish history Everyone along the Blackwater River was complying with the rules.
Might the rules no longer be fit for purpose?
#Climate #Biodiversity #Rivers
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Might the rules no longer be fit for purpose?
#Climate #Biodiversity #Rivers
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
I’m doing a #climate thing at the Hinterland Festival on Saturday. Despite or perhaps because the programmers describe me as a hot mess, there’s only a few tickets left.
👉 www.hinterland.ie/p-576-philip...
👉 www.hinterland.ie/p-576-philip...
June 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m doing a #climate thing at the Hinterland Festival on Saturday. Despite or perhaps because the programmers describe me as a hot mess, there’s only a few tickets left.
👉 www.hinterland.ie/p-576-philip...
👉 www.hinterland.ie/p-576-philip...
This is an example of the kind of work my producer/cameraman colleague Fady Hossam has been making inside #Gaza.
He and his brother got hit by shrapnel from an Israeli air strike while searching for food on Thursday. Fady is the sole breadwinner for many relatives.
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He and his brother got hit by shrapnel from an Israeli air strike while searching for food on Thursday. Fady is the sole breadwinner for many relatives.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is an example of the kind of work my producer/cameraman colleague Fady Hossam has been making inside #Gaza.
He and his brother got hit by shrapnel from an Israeli air strike while searching for food on Thursday. Fady is the sole breadwinner for many relatives.
🧵
He and his brother got hit by shrapnel from an Israeli air strike while searching for food on Thursday. Fady is the sole breadwinner for many relatives.
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04.57am Wicklow
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
04.57am Wicklow
By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil.
It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil.
It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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Head scratcher: EPA emissions projections show Ag will miss its legally binding targets by a country mile
BUT …
All the tech needed to get the job done exists in the real world. So why isn’t it being used?
🧵1/4
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
BUT …
All the tech needed to get the job done exists in the real world. So why isn’t it being used?
🧵1/4
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
How to reduce farming emissions
Two weeks ago the latest set of results showed that if business continues as usual that not only would the climate change target not be met, but that emissions could increase.
www.rte.ie
June 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Head scratcher: EPA emissions projections show Ag will miss its legally binding targets by a country mile
BUT …
All the tech needed to get the job done exists in the real world. So why isn’t it being used?
🧵1/4
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
BUT …
All the tech needed to get the job done exists in the real world. So why isn’t it being used?
🧵1/4
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Why spend public money now preventing extinction, when in the future you can give it to a private company for “de-extinction”.
Makes perfect sense 👀
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Makes perfect sense 👀
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why spend public money now preventing extinction, when in the future you can give it to a private company for “de-extinction”.
Makes perfect sense 👀
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Makes perfect sense 👀
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Environmental concern is not the preserve of the well heeled. 25 years of surveys in America show the poor care more about the natural world than the rich or the middle class.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Environmental concern is not the preserve of the well heeled. 25 years of surveys in America show the poor care more about the natural world than the rich or the middle class.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Eco-paradox USA: The relationships between economic growth and environmental concern generally, and by different income groups
Environmental values are commonly explained through three theories: post-materialism suggests affluence enables environmental concern, materialism arg…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Environmental concern is not the preserve of the well heeled. 25 years of surveys in America show the poor care more about the natural world than the rich or the middle class.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Environmental concern is not the preserve of the well heeled. 25 years of surveys in America show the poor care more about the natural world than the rich or the middle class.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We’ve been rumbled.
I made a programme about the Irish government’s agri methane accounting trick just two months ago. Link below
I made a programme about the Irish government’s agri methane accounting trick just two months ago. Link below
Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions
'Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers.
'Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers.
Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions
‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers
buff.ly
June 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We’ve been rumbled.
I made a programme about the Irish government’s agri methane accounting trick just two months ago. Link below
I made a programme about the Irish government’s agri methane accounting trick just two months ago. Link below
We have updated and re-cut Rising Tides, the series shown on Irish TV, for an international audience. Al Jazeera will screen it in July under the new title Global Warning.
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We have updated and re-cut Rising Tides, the series shown on Irish TV, for an international audience. Al Jazeera will screen it in July under the new title Global Warning.
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
Hot Mess has an archive of 30 episodes. The contributors are the best #climate people in their field. It’s a public resource. Please share.
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Hot Mess
Podcast · RTÉ Radio 1 · Measuring the gap between Ireland's climate aspirations and climate actions.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hot Mess has an archive of 30 episodes. The contributors are the best #climate people in their field. It’s a public resource. Please share.
Apple 👉 podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/show/3BGS0Cn...
Pocketcasts 👉 pca.st/podcast/6245...
RTÉ 👉 pca.st/podcast/6245...
Apple 👉 podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...
Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/show/3BGS0Cn...
Pocketcasts 👉 pca.st/podcast/6245...
RTÉ 👉 pca.st/podcast/6245...
There is an enormous gap between what the Irish government says it will do on climate, and what it is actually getting done. There is an even bigger gap between what it says it’ll do and what science says needs to be done.
“Hot Mess” episode 30
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
“Hot Mess” episode 30
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
May 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
There is an enormous gap between what the Irish government says it will do on climate, and what it is actually getting done. There is an even bigger gap between what it says it’ll do and what science says needs to be done.
“Hot Mess” episode 30
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
“Hot Mess” episode 30
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Ships are fuelled by bunker oil. A fossil fuel so unrefined you could tar roads with it. Somehow the shipping industry has contrived to stay outside the Paris agreement. How do we clean up the 12,000 ships arriving in Irish ports every year?
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Ships are fuelled by bunker oil. A fossil fuel so unrefined you could tar roads with it. Somehow the shipping industry has contrived to stay outside the Paris agreement. How do we clean up the 12,000 ships arriving in Irish ports every year?
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...