Jeanne Spillane
@starrock2.bsky.social
Born at 340 ppm. Pursuing a PhD in energy/ climate. Kerry woman, passionate about development, human rights, social justice, climate friendly travel. Previously moonlighted with ScotGov on energy, WFP & Irish Gov on UN/ SDGs/ Foreign Affairs. She/ her ...
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Join us for the latest research insights from the UCC Energy Policy and Modelling Group, focused on the themes of #ClimateAction and #EnergySecurity.
📅 Date: 15th December 2025
📍 Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin
🔗 Register via Eventbrite (free)
📅 Date: 15th December 2025
📍 Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin
🔗 Register via Eventbrite (free)
UCC Energy Policy and Modelling Group Research Showcase Event
Join us in person for an interactive showcase of the latest research insights and outputs from the UCC Energy Policy and Modelling Group!
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Join us for the latest research insights from the UCC Energy Policy and Modelling Group, focused on the themes of #ClimateAction and #EnergySecurity.
📅 Date: 15th December 2025
📍 Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin
🔗 Register via Eventbrite (free)
📅 Date: 15th December 2025
📍 Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Dublin
🔗 Register via Eventbrite (free)
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future.
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future.
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
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Must-read in @theguardian.com from my friend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Must-read in @theguardian.com from my friend @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The more you know!
Atmospheric methane increased 7.22 ppb from July 2024 to July 2025. However, due to methane's short lifetime (about 110 months), it required over 153 ppb of new methane to cause the atmospheric level to rise by 7.22 ppb.
As for the 'Global Methane Pledge'...
Atmospheric methane increased 7.22 ppb from July 2024 to July 2025. However, due to methane's short lifetime (about 110 months), it required over 153 ppb of new methane to cause the atmospheric level to rise by 7.22 ppb.
As for the 'Global Methane Pledge'...
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The more you know!
Atmospheric methane increased 7.22 ppb from July 2024 to July 2025. However, due to methane's short lifetime (about 110 months), it required over 153 ppb of new methane to cause the atmospheric level to rise by 7.22 ppb.
As for the 'Global Methane Pledge'...
Atmospheric methane increased 7.22 ppb from July 2024 to July 2025. However, due to methane's short lifetime (about 110 months), it required over 153 ppb of new methane to cause the atmospheric level to rise by 7.22 ppb.
As for the 'Global Methane Pledge'...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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The new 2025 Global Carbon Budget finds that fossil fuel emissions will reach a new high in 2025. Total CO2 emissions (including land use) remain flat at 2024 levels.
While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...
While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The new 2025 Global Carbon Budget finds that fossil fuel emissions will reach a new high in 2025. Total CO2 emissions (including land use) remain flat at 2024 levels.
While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...
While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
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"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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CEO of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: "There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers. Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing. Nothing."
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
CEO of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: "There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers. Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing. Nothing."
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Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
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Julie Rea was convicted of killing her son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts.
She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.
From the ProPublica archives:
She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.
From the ProPublica archives:
Bloodstain Analysis Convinced a Jury She Stabbed Her 10-Year-Old Son. Now, Even Freedom Can’t Give Her Back Her Life.
Julie Rea was convicted of killing her son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts. She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted w...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Julie Rea was convicted of killing her son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts.
She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.
From the ProPublica archives:
She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.
From the ProPublica archives:
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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Millions of black plastic pellets, toxic to marine and terrestrial life, that volunteers are spending days raking, but with no chance of removing all...
Southern Water seems the main suspect but is also the investigator 🥸 and claims that "there is no impact to environmental water quality"...
Southern Water seems the main suspect but is also the investigator 🥸 and claims that "there is no impact to environmental water quality"...
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
Southern Water is investigating after millions of contaminated plastic beads washed up on Camber Sands beach, risking an “environmental catastrophe”.
The biobeads could have a dire impact on marine life, the local MP has said, with fears rare sea life, including seabirds, porpoises and seals, could ingest them and die. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Millions of black plastic pellets, toxic to marine and terrestrial life, that volunteers are spending days raking, but with no chance of removing all...
Southern Water seems the main suspect but is also the investigator 🥸 and claims that "there is no impact to environmental water quality"...
Southern Water seems the main suspect but is also the investigator 🥸 and claims that "there is no impact to environmental water quality"...
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The Maharees is a community seeing the growing impact of climate change, and they are working together to mitigate and adapt. They are our future. #speirgorm - it’s also one of the most beautiful places in Earth!
Brilliant evening at #Kerry museum in Tralee to launch new podcast on #Maharees. Have a listen if interested in #resilience, coastal communities tackling challenges of #climatechange through artistic practice or just exploring a stunning part of #Ireland
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Maharees is a community seeing the growing impact of climate change, and they are working together to mitigate and adapt. They are our future. #speirgorm - it’s also one of the most beautiful places in Earth!
Brilliant evening at #Kerry museum in Tralee to launch new podcast on #Maharees. Have a listen if interested in #resilience, coastal communities tackling challenges of #climatechange through artistic practice or just exploring a stunning part of #Ireland
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Brilliant evening at #Kerry museum in Tralee to launch new podcast on #Maharees. Have a listen if interested in #resilience, coastal communities tackling challenges of #climatechange through artistic practice or just exploring a stunning part of #Ireland
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
#speirgorm
m.soundcloud.com/will_it_stay...
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ICE deported him anyways.
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
ICE deported him anyways.
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica.
Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own.
What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this?
He died a few weeks after deportation:
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The problem with housing is not building enough social housing, allowing vulture funds control and take over the market and property and land be hoarded. Thousands of houses in unfinished estates because FF screwed the economy etc etc etc. NOT asylum seekers, a very small number of people.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The problem with housing is not building enough social housing, allowing vulture funds control and take over the market and property and land be hoarded. Thousands of houses in unfinished estates because FF screwed the economy etc etc etc. NOT asylum seekers, a very small number of people.
Twas a damp, dirty morning in #Dublin's fair city! Clearing now, but @irishferries.bsky.social captain just announced we're in for a windy crossing 😬 🤢 Hopefully the ferry stabilisers do their job! #speirgorm #climateaction #sustainabletravel #nofly
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Twas a damp, dirty morning in #Dublin's fair city! Clearing now, but @irishferries.bsky.social captain just announced we're in for a windy crossing 😬 🤢 Hopefully the ferry stabilisers do their job! #speirgorm #climateaction #sustainabletravel #nofly
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Pandering to the far-right is both dangerous and ineffective. We already know from Germany, France and the UK that it only legitimises fascists. We need a positive alternative vision instead m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Naoise Dolan: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s lurch to the right on immigration will only create space for fascists to thrive
The message seemed clear from Catherine Connolly’s landslide presidential victory: ordinary Irish people want a robust new vision, not a bargain bin version of far-right talking points.
m.independent.ie
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pandering to the far-right is both dangerous and ineffective. We already know from Germany, France and the UK that it only legitimises fascists. We need a positive alternative vision instead m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
Murder most foul in #Maharees ... a sinister start to #Samhain in the wilds of West Kerry. Happy #Halloween everyone 🎃👻🧙♀️
#speirgorm #speirscamallach
#speirgorm #speirscamallach
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Murder most foul in #Maharees ... a sinister start to #Samhain in the wilds of West Kerry. Happy #Halloween everyone 🎃👻🧙♀️
#speirgorm #speirscamallach
#speirgorm #speirscamallach