Since 1990, I’ve been looking at Ireland’s water quality horrors and the EU’s casual acceptance of it. Until Ireland accepts that its ag practices are leading to its ecological death and that Sitka spruce farms are a failed experiment, nothing will change. I rarely see birds or mammals in Donegal.
US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran.
Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it.
When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war?
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Where Ireland has failed, Costa Rica has succeeded ... and then some!
A worthwhile read from @thinkorswim.bsky.social
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Rich 1% who use private jets producing roughly 500 times more CO2 in a year than the average person
50 of the richest people in the world release more carbon through private jets, yachts and investments in a year than average person does in their entire life.
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Me reading about the war in the papers and seeing the statements from the EU:
"It's so awful and so sad that so many oils have been killed and injured. And so many of them just young oils with their whole oil life ahead of them"
Dahiyeh today. Report soon @irishtimes.com
A political quote graphic from Green Party NI. The background is a close-up photograph of an elderly person’s hands, aged and fragile, wrapped in a soft pink knitted blanket. The image conveys vulnerability, cold, and the quiet suffering of older people in fuel poverty. Large white quotation marks appear in the upper left corner. A thin white rectangular border frames the image. The quote text sits on a dark semi-transparent background panel for legibility. In large bold white text: “The fastest way to take pressure off our health service is to make sure people can afford to heat their homes. Warm homes and a strong NHS are the same policy.” Below the quote, in bold white: “Lesley Veronica” and beneath that in regular white text: “Deputy Leader, Green Party NI.” At the bottom centre, the Green Party Northern Ireland logo — a green leaf beside “greenparty” in white, with “NORTHERN IRELAND” beneath in smaller text.
Fuel poverty doesn’t stay in the utility bill. Cold, damp homes drive respiratory illness, heart disease, and poor mental health.
Every family that can’t afford to heat their home is more likely to need the NHS - and less likely to access the care they need.
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Huge investments in renewable energy have made Spain more independent from fossil fuel imports, and less vulnerable to the surging prices following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran
An end to fossil fuels is better for the climate and people's bills – and takes power away from tyrants
"The sector does not operate within planning or environmental laws" says @epaireland.bsky.social Yet commercial peat extractors exported €40m worth of the product in plain sight last year
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A new report shows hitting our climate targets by 2050 costs less than one oil shock costs the UK.
We need a rapid transition to clean energy to shield people & the economy from price spikes every time oil prices jump.
Some commentators still can’t connect those dots…
This is not a good news story.
The data centre runs on fossil fuels.
“In 1981 North Bull Island was recognised by the UN’s heritage body, Unesco, as a ‘biosphere reserve’, still one of only two in the country.”
"Census showed that more than 170 mothers were killed by their sons between 2009 and 2021, with mental ill health a factor in 58% of matricide cases."
Maybe, you could help mothers with a better mental health system?
Sons were suspects in almost one in five killings of UK women in last year, study shows
Beavers help stop wildfires
More places in California are embracing them
“They basically build up an ecosystem that’s resilient to fire through the vegetation mosaic then keep it really well watered so it never dries out, never becomes easy to burn”
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This is about the population of Iowa.
Imagine every resident of Iowa being displaced within the span of a few weeks.
Also just a reminder that "well the percentage sounds small so why bother" is a right-wing talking point that has been used to argue against action for decades, and has somehow permeated centre-left spaces as a defence of AI and data centres in the past year or so
View Boris Gamazaychikov’s graphic link Boris GamazaychikovBoris Gamazaychikov • 1stVerified • 1st Head of AI Sustainability @ SalesforceHead of AI Sustainability @ Salesforce 32m • Edited • 32 minutes ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn The gas-powered data center craze has come to Europe. Yesterday, a 110MW off-grid AI data center outside of Dublin was switched on - and it's powered entirely by fossil fuels. Developers went with natural gas engines (specifically RICE) to bypass the grid connection queue. They claim the engines "could" be switched to HVO, and that the project will attempt to connect to the grid "when possible". What does this mean for Ireland's climate goals? According to my estimates, this single project will increase the entire country's annual GHG emissions by ~1%. Assumptions: - The project seems to be using Rolls Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE which have an electrical efficiency of 44% https://lnkd.in/eRX4PRuf - Modifying the NREL life cycle gas emissions factor with this efficiency yields 656.75 gCO2e/kWh https://lnkd.in/gfgs2X6P - Assuming a 90% capacity factor because AI hyperscale data centers run near 24/7 to recoup massive GPU costs - Ireland’s 2024 GHG emissions = 53.8 million tCO2e https://lnkd.in/ejjRgRpE hashtag#DataCenters hashtag#Sustainability hashtag#ArtificialIntelligence
Royce (mtu) 4000 Series RICE (natural gas) Al Data Center
Ireland's new fossil-fuelled #Petrotech data center will increase Ireland's **total** (everything, not just the power sector) emissions by ~1%
Absolutely nuts. A 1% national increase - for what? Come on boosters, explain why this is worth it 🫠
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Ah.... Wonderful
London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in #airpollution
- Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 74% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 88% at 00:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 24% of demand. 3% of generation was exported, 5% of demand was met by imports.
This MOTHERFUCKER.. Dancing around while American men and women s
in our military are being forced to serve in an illegal war. Killing people. Innocent casualties including kids. for what? So, this piece of shit can try to distract from being credibly accused of raping children in the Epstein files.
English Left : a oil tanker is burning. Right : Trump dancing to YMCA. Français A gauche : un pétrolier brûle. A droite : Trump danse sur YMCA.
On French TV :
The Omanis confirm US Iran negotiations were on verge of a nuclear deal.
Zero uranium stockpiles, full inspections, & “never, ever” pursuing a bomb, yet US & Israel rage 'Epic Fury' war anyway.
A chilling account of a fictional diplomat, as he sees his efforts literally go up in smoke.
A new project is launching at Dundreggan to help bring people living with #dementia closer to #nature. 🌳
The pilot research project has been co-designed by (UHI, in collaboration with Trees for Life’s @visitdundreggan.bsky.social.
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The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026 have been revealed:
The median gender pay gap at Stryker is 12.28%. In 2024 it was 11.96%.
The median bonus gap is 10.05%.
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The median gender pay gap at Revolut is -20.69%. The median bonus gap is 9.6%.
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