Rosie Rutherford
@rosieruth.bsky.social
Living in Co Clare, and Edinburgh too, sometimes. Trying not to be too grumpy and cynical.
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#NitratesDerogation
The Irish government are doing exactly the opposite of what the science is telling us to do.
The Irish government are doing exactly the opposite of what the science is telling us to do.
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#NitratesDerogation
The Irish government are doing exactly the opposite of what the science is telling us to do.
The Irish government are doing exactly the opposite of what the science is telling us to do.
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Almost all (90%) of Ireland’s natural habitats are in a poor condition, including coastal & freshwater.
This is 5% more than 6 yrs ago.
51% are declining while only 9% show signs of improvement.
Rather than solutions, govt are adding problems e.g. derogation😞
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
This is 5% more than 6 yrs ago.
51% are declining while only 9% show signs of improvement.
Rather than solutions, govt are adding problems e.g. derogation😞
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
Head of National Parks and Wildlife Service says time to begin conservation efforts ‘was yesterday’
www.irishtimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Almost all (90%) of Ireland’s natural habitats are in a poor condition, including coastal & freshwater.
This is 5% more than 6 yrs ago.
51% are declining while only 9% show signs of improvement.
Rather than solutions, govt are adding problems e.g. derogation😞
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
This is 5% more than 6 yrs ago.
51% are declining while only 9% show signs of improvement.
Rather than solutions, govt are adding problems e.g. derogation😞
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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BREAKING: Ireland's nitrates derogation has been renewed.🗳️
This has no scientific basis & fails nature, the public, & farmers.
“The evidence simply did not exist to justify renewing Ireland’s nitrates derogation"
"Meanwhile, our precious water and wildlife suffer.”
swanireland.ie/2025/12/rene...
This has no scientific basis & fails nature, the public, & farmers.
“The evidence simply did not exist to justify renewing Ireland’s nitrates derogation"
"Meanwhile, our precious water and wildlife suffer.”
swanireland.ie/2025/12/rene...
Renewing Nitrates Derogation Had No Scientific Basis and Fails Nature, The Public, and Farmers - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 Irish environmental organisations, sees the EU Nitrates Committee decision today, to give Ireland another three-year extension of its Nitrates Der...
swanireland.ie
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
BREAKING: Ireland's nitrates derogation has been renewed.🗳️
This has no scientific basis & fails nature, the public, & farmers.
“The evidence simply did not exist to justify renewing Ireland’s nitrates derogation"
"Meanwhile, our precious water and wildlife suffer.”
swanireland.ie/2025/12/rene...
This has no scientific basis & fails nature, the public, & farmers.
“The evidence simply did not exist to justify renewing Ireland’s nitrates derogation"
"Meanwhile, our precious water and wildlife suffer.”
swanireland.ie/2025/12/rene...
Wow!
We’re delighted to announce ‘Rewilding East London’ - a new species recovery project to reintroduce white storks and beavers to East London!
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wow!
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“There is still hope in the handwriting that refuses to be mass-produced for the world.” Leena Norms
Let me recommend the Advent Poetry Calendar by @annierutherford.bsky.social raising funds for #MSF
This year’s selection fits the world we live in like a glove
mailchi.mp/posteo/poetr...
Let me recommend the Advent Poetry Calendar by @annierutherford.bsky.social raising funds for #MSF
This year’s selection fits the world we live in like a glove
mailchi.mp/posteo/poetr...
Poetry Advent Calendar: 6 December
mailchi.mp
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“There is still hope in the handwriting that refuses to be mass-produced for the world.” Leena Norms
Let me recommend the Advent Poetry Calendar by @annierutherford.bsky.social raising funds for #MSF
This year’s selection fits the world we live in like a glove
mailchi.mp/posteo/poetr...
Let me recommend the Advent Poetry Calendar by @annierutherford.bsky.social raising funds for #MSF
This year’s selection fits the world we live in like a glove
mailchi.mp/posteo/poetr...
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The price Ireland's ( & world's) native wildlife pay for our excessive gluttony of meat & dairy is truly horrific & barbaric. 🤷♂️
More plant based diet we can manage, the more wildlife survive. 💚🌳
More plant based diet we can manage, the more wildlife survive. 💚🌳
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The price Ireland's ( & world's) native wildlife pay for our excessive gluttony of meat & dairy is truly horrific & barbaric. 🤷♂️
More plant based diet we can manage, the more wildlife survive. 💚🌳
More plant based diet we can manage, the more wildlife survive. 💚🌳
The best Advent Calendar is back!
It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The best Advent Calendar is back!
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I know far too many people who have been knocked off their bikes, and not once has it happened because of poor visibility or because they were not lit up enough. In each case, it was the fault of dangerous driving and/or dangerous infrastructure.
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I know far too many people who have been knocked off their bikes, and not once has it happened because of poor visibility or because they were not lit up enough. In each case, it was the fault of dangerous driving and/or dangerous infrastructure.
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The Govt flies to COP30 preaching climate leadership, but the glaring truth is this:
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
Neale Richmond: The government takes climate action seriously, but we recognise we need to do more
Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Brazil today at the UN’s annual climate summit.
www.thejournal.ie
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Govt flies to COP30 preaching climate leadership, but the glaring truth is this:
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
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Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
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Reducing car use in urban areas a “very significant road safety tool” — RSA-funded research
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin…
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin…
Reducing car use in urban areas a “very significant road safety tool” — RSA-funded research
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin researchers in work which was funded by the Road Safety Authority. Researchers from TU Dublin examined the outcomes of traffic changes in Oslo in Norway, smaller urban areas in the Pontevedra region in Spain, Brussels, and Ghent in Belgium.
irishcycle.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reducing car use in urban areas a “very significant road safety tool” — RSA-funded research
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin…
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin…
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"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts"
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous
The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactor...
www.irishexaminer.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts"
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
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✈️ This is irresponsible, head-in-the-sand journalism at its finest.
⁉️ One of the most polluting companies in Europe reports soaring profits, partly due to the company switching more capacity to regions “cutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic growth”.
🔥 Yet, no mention of emissions.
⁉️ One of the most polluting companies in Europe reports soaring profits, partly due to the company switching more capacity to regions “cutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic growth”.
🔥 Yet, no mention of emissions.
Ryanair profits jump by 20% as fares rise
Profit after tax jumped to 1.7 billion euros compared with 1.4 billion euros one year earlier
www.thejournal.ie
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
✈️ This is irresponsible, head-in-the-sand journalism at its finest.
⁉️ One of the most polluting companies in Europe reports soaring profits, partly due to the company switching more capacity to regions “cutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic growth”.
🔥 Yet, no mention of emissions.
⁉️ One of the most polluting companies in Europe reports soaring profits, partly due to the company switching more capacity to regions “cutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic growth”.
🔥 Yet, no mention of emissions.
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Last week, new and complex guidelines for urban speed limits by local authorities were published by the Minister for Transport.
These are a U-turn on a 30km/h default legislated for by the Green Party in government.
The result will probably be the same — but add work and delay until March 2027.
These are a U-turn on a 30km/h default legislated for by the Green Party in government.
The result will probably be the same — but add work and delay until March 2027.
A 30km/h default urban speed limit will save lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Opinion: We could make our towns safer for everyone by lowering speed limits to 30km/h
The government is dragging its feet on reducing the default speed limit in urban areas to 30 km/h, writes Councillor Feljin Jose.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, new and complex guidelines for urban speed limits by local authorities were published by the Minister for Transport.
These are a U-turn on a 30km/h default legislated for by the Green Party in government.
The result will probably be the same — but add work and delay until March 2027.
These are a U-turn on a 30km/h default legislated for by the Green Party in government.
The result will probably be the same — but add work and delay until March 2027.
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If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
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It's terrifying to see how our politicians are so unwilling to listen to the science and experiences from other countries.
A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!
A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!
A 30km/h default urban speed limit will save lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Dilution and delays will cost lives.
Opinion: We could make our towns safer for everyone by lowering speed limits to 30km/h
The government is dragging its feet on reducing the default speed limit in urban areas to 30 km/h, writes Councillor Feljin Jose.
www.thejournal.ie
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's terrifying to see how our politicians are so unwilling to listen to the science and experiences from other countries.
A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!
A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!
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Introducing ‘Egg Box Monsters’ . . . just in time for half-term and Halloween.
One egg box, no leftovers, totally recyclable. What I call ‘Pure Making’.
Full instructions are on the website here . . . www.darrellwakelam.com/news/egg-box...
#edusky #halloween
One egg box, no leftovers, totally recyclable. What I call ‘Pure Making’.
Full instructions are on the website here . . . www.darrellwakelam.com/news/egg-box...
#edusky #halloween
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Introducing ‘Egg Box Monsters’ . . . just in time for half-term and Halloween.
One egg box, no leftovers, totally recyclable. What I call ‘Pure Making’.
Full instructions are on the website here . . . www.darrellwakelam.com/news/egg-box...
#edusky #halloween
One egg box, no leftovers, totally recyclable. What I call ‘Pure Making’.
Full instructions are on the website here . . . www.darrellwakelam.com/news/egg-box...
#edusky #halloween
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For our cities, police and any other voices of authority.
Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For our cities, police and any other voices of authority.
Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
October 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
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By changing what we eat, we could see enormous benefits to both our own health and wellbeing as humans and that of our shared planet.
Changing how people eat could save 15 million lives a year and help save the planet, say scientists
Changing what we eat could save 15 million lives every year and help bring the planet back from the brink of climate disaster, according to a new study.
www.independent.ie
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
By changing what we eat, we could see enormous benefits to both our own health and wellbeing as humans and that of our shared planet.
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Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India
India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
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What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social