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‘Then there was the casual, almost Muskian, manner in which minister Jack Chambers disbanded the climate division in the Department of Public Expenditure. In other words, the man holding the purse strings on big projects does not need any environmental inputs on their effects or improvement.’
The great green retreat: Is this Government done with trying to save the planet?
From pausing the carbon tax to scrapping the Dublin Airport passenger cap, the Taoiseach insists Coalition’s ‘pragmatic’ approach is the way forward while the Greens argue ministers are ‘defunding the...
www.independent.ie
August 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
‘Then there was the casual, almost Muskian, manner in which minister Jack Chambers disbanded the climate division in the Department of Public Expenditure. In other words, the man holding the purse strings on big projects does not need any environmental inputs on their effects or improvement.’
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The first of the pine trees here on the farm from Ireland's only known indigenous population in Rockforest, Co. Clare, ever to produce cones.
Rewilding brings so much hope into our lives.
Rewilding brings so much hope into our lives.
May 24, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The first of the pine trees here on the farm from Ireland's only known indigenous population in Rockforest, Co. Clare, ever to produce cones.
Rewilding brings so much hope into our lives.
Rewilding brings so much hope into our lives.
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May 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The LaGuardia Crash Will Be Blamed on One Controller. That's Not the Whole Story.
3,000 controllers short. WWII-era radar still in use. And a lone controller managing two emergencies at midnight. This was preventable.
open.substack.com
March 23, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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“Now that we’ve allowed it to happen, we’re going to have to be watching forever."
Scientists say the study, which looked at how radioactivity in fracking waste may be contaminating landfills, is just the beginning of monitoring that will be needed for years.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1303202...
Scientists say the study, which looked at how radioactivity in fracking waste may be contaminating landfills, is just the beginning of monitoring that will be needed for years.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1303202...
Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff - Inside Climate News
The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required.
insideclimatenews.org
March 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
“Now that we’ve allowed it to happen, we’re going to have to be watching forever."
Scientists say the study, which looked at how radioactivity in fracking waste may be contaminating landfills, is just the beginning of monitoring that will be needed for years.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1303202...
Scientists say the study, which looked at how radioactivity in fracking waste may be contaminating landfills, is just the beginning of monitoring that will be needed for years.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1303202...
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"a perfect recipe...to create... antimicrobial resistance"
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on BBC Northern Ireland this morning explaining how inadequate sewage treatment + management of slurry is creating ideal circumstances for antibiotic resistant genes to develop in Lough Neagh:
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on BBC Northern Ireland this morning explaining how inadequate sewage treatment + management of slurry is creating ideal circumstances for antibiotic resistant genes to develop in Lough Neagh:
March 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"a perfect recipe...to create... antimicrobial resistance"
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on BBC Northern Ireland this morning explaining how inadequate sewage treatment + management of slurry is creating ideal circumstances for antibiotic resistant genes to develop in Lough Neagh:
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on BBC Northern Ireland this morning explaining how inadequate sewage treatment + management of slurry is creating ideal circumstances for antibiotic resistant genes to develop in Lough Neagh:
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I am again calling out the vacuous nature of declaring an area a National Park without plans, resources or management measures. This time following the report showing that over a thousand seals were drowned in fishing gear around the Blasket Islands.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
Ecologist accuses government of greenwashing by allowing tangle netting at Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí | RadioKerry.ie
Pádraic Fogarty states the practice of tangle netting being allowed at Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí is an example of greenwashing
www.radiokerry.ie
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I am again calling out the vacuous nature of declaring an area a National Park without plans, resources or management measures. This time following the report showing that over a thousand seals were drowned in fishing gear around the Blasket Islands.
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...
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What's in the UK government's PFAS action plan? What's not in it? And what are the implications?
A 🧵:
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A 🧵:
share.google/LMC4MSeOIOH7...
Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK
Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts
share.google
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
What's in the UK government's PFAS action plan? What's not in it? And what are the implications?
A 🧵:
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A 🧵:
share.google/LMC4MSeOIOH7...
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Despite welcome reports that the NPWS has been stepping up culling sika deer and even goats in Killarney NP, the grazing pressure clearly remains far too high for the native ecosystem to regenerate.
A *zero tolerance* approach to both these devastating invasive species is urgently required.
A *zero tolerance* approach to both these devastating invasive species is urgently required.
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Despite welcome reports that the NPWS has been stepping up culling sika deer and even goats in Killarney NP, the grazing pressure clearly remains far too high for the native ecosystem to regenerate.
A *zero tolerance* approach to both these devastating invasive species is urgently required.
A *zero tolerance* approach to both these devastating invasive species is urgently required.
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The designation of sika deer as an invasive species is excellent news for native Irish forests and nature generally.
Logically, their legally protected status must now be removed immediately.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Logically, their legally protected status must now be removed immediately.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Future of sika deer in question following invasive species classification
Ireland must now devise a plan to control the growing numbers
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The designation of sika deer as an invasive species is excellent news for native Irish forests and nature generally.
Logically, their legally protected status must now be removed immediately.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Logically, their legally protected status must now be removed immediately.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Forever-chemical firms continue forever EU lobbying
Forever-chemical firms continue forever EU lobbying
The PFAS corporate lobby should have been chastened by the revelations of the devastating impacts of forever chemicals – this has not happened.
euobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Forever-chemical firms continue forever EU lobbying
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. @corporateeurope.org joined forces with a team of international journalists including us at Watershed for The Forever Lobbying Project - exposing industry lobbying to prevent an EU PFAS ban, "bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
share.google/TGvHaj8ITpgy...
share.google/TGvHaj8ITpgy...
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
. @corporateeurope.org joined forces with a team of international journalists including us at Watershed for The Forever Lobbying Project - exposing industry lobbying to prevent an EU PFAS ban, "bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."
share.google/TGvHaj8ITpgy...
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2025 saw a significant drop in environmental litigation in Ireland, read the🧵for the highlights or this handy infograhpic
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
2025 saw a significant drop in environmental litigation in Ireland, read the🧵for the highlights or this handy infograhpic
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The Government wants to bury over Christmas/New Year a controversial consultation on changes impacting on ur right to access our #courts #publicaccountability & #ruleoflaw
This will also delay #housing & #infrastructure
Why this matters?
🎞️👀: tinyurl.com/8yw2edcy
👀 tinyurl.com/5a468a67
#Aarhus
This will also delay #housing & #infrastructure
Why this matters?
🎞️👀: tinyurl.com/8yw2edcy
👀 tinyurl.com/5a468a67
#Aarhus
December 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Government wants to bury over Christmas/New Year a controversial consultation on changes impacting on ur right to access our #courts #publicaccountability & #ruleoflaw
This will also delay #housing & #infrastructure
Why this matters?
🎞️👀: tinyurl.com/8yw2edcy
👀 tinyurl.com/5a468a67
#Aarhus
This will also delay #housing & #infrastructure
Why this matters?
🎞️👀: tinyurl.com/8yw2edcy
👀 tinyurl.com/5a468a67
#Aarhus
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The team from Pre Construct Archaeology was working a few miles from Thetford,Norfolk,when they came across the hoard,at its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx,ever found in Europe and the first ever boar's head flag standard to be found in Britain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard
The discoveries are "extraordinarily rare", say the archaeologists who helped find them.
www.bbc.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The team from Pre Construct Archaeology was working a few miles from Thetford,Norfolk,when they came across the hoard,at its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx,ever found in Europe and the first ever boar's head flag standard to be found in Britain www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 7, 2026 ~ Plastisphere.
"Microplastics disrupt marine life, weaken the 'biological carbon pump,' and even release greenhouse gases as they degrade."
phys.org/news/2026-01...
"Microplastics disrupt marine life, weaken the 'biological carbon pump,' and even release greenhouse gases as they degrade."
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Oceans struggle to absorb Earth's carbon dioxide as microplastics invade their waters
A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find crucial for regulating Earth's temperature.
phys.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 7, 2026 ~ Plastisphere.
"Microplastics disrupt marine life, weaken the 'biological carbon pump,' and even release greenhouse gases as they degrade."
phys.org/news/2026-01...
"Microplastics disrupt marine life, weaken the 'biological carbon pump,' and even release greenhouse gases as they degrade."
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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First flowering dog violet of the year in an Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Wild nature is sanctuary.
Wild nature is sanctuary.
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM
First flowering dog violet of the year in an Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Wild nature is sanctuary.
Wild nature is sanctuary.
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Happy new year from the bogland gnomes who hope you achieve your goals this year. May that include wetland protection and conservation around the world. If you care about stable food, clean water, your climate, or beautiful inspiring places, then you care about wetlands.
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Happy new year from the bogland gnomes who hope you achieve your goals this year. May that include wetland protection and conservation around the world. If you care about stable food, clean water, your climate, or beautiful inspiring places, then you care about wetlands.
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Calling it out for what it really is 🤐 rather than a #planning system where the decisions are legally compliant & #sustainable - we get this #HowIrelandWorks same old playlist #scalesofjustice
@attractaub.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @savethehellfire.bsky.social
@attractaub.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @savethehellfire.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Calling it out for what it really is 🤐 rather than a #planning system where the decisions are legally compliant & #sustainable - we get this #HowIrelandWorks same old playlist #scalesofjustice
@attractaub.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @savethehellfire.bsky.social
@attractaub.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @savethehellfire.bsky.social
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The truth?
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The truth?
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
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The only bush/tree growing up this side of the mountain in Conamara is a rhododendron ponticum.
If you don't see an invasive plant species when out in Ireland, you're not looking hard enough.
If you don't see an invasive plant species when out in Ireland, you're not looking hard enough.
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The only bush/tree growing up this side of the mountain in Conamara is a rhododendron ponticum.
If you don't see an invasive plant species when out in Ireland, you're not looking hard enough.
If you don't see an invasive plant species when out in Ireland, you're not looking hard enough.
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Another pile of rhodo gone!
Rhododendron ponticum is native to Iberia and Caucas region (its actually under pressure in Iberia and people working to save it)!
Ireland is thought to have a cultivar "superponticum" introduced in last century or so which is cold resistant, perfect for Irish climate.
Rhododendron ponticum is native to Iberia and Caucas region (its actually under pressure in Iberia and people working to save it)!
Ireland is thought to have a cultivar "superponticum" introduced in last century or so which is cold resistant, perfect for Irish climate.
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Another pile of rhodo gone!
Rhododendron ponticum is native to Iberia and Caucas region (its actually under pressure in Iberia and people working to save it)!
Ireland is thought to have a cultivar "superponticum" introduced in last century or so which is cold resistant, perfect for Irish climate.
Rhododendron ponticum is native to Iberia and Caucas region (its actually under pressure in Iberia and people working to save it)!
Ireland is thought to have a cultivar "superponticum" introduced in last century or so which is cold resistant, perfect for Irish climate.
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Another day
Another invasive species
We are literally an island - every new invasive species is a policy and political failure.
Another invasive species
We are literally an island - every new invasive species is a policy and political failure.
'Demon shrimp confirmed as present in Ireland' - NBDC
Demon shrimp (Dikerogammarus haemobaphes) is an invasive species in Ireland and will impact on the native freshwater invertebrate community.
#InvasiveSpecies #NatureConservation #SpeciesAlert
biodiversityireland.ie/demon-shrimp...
Demon shrimp (Dikerogammarus haemobaphes) is an invasive species in Ireland and will impact on the native freshwater invertebrate community.
#InvasiveSpecies #NatureConservation #SpeciesAlert
biodiversityireland.ie/demon-shrimp...
Demon shrimp confirmed as present in Ireland - National Biodiversity Data Centre
Please share the alert with the call to action to follow the Check Clean Dry code to help prevent spread of this and other invasive species to other
biodiversityireland.ie
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Another day
Another invasive species
We are literally an island - every new invasive species is a policy and political failure.
Another invasive species
We are literally an island - every new invasive species is a policy and political failure.
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#Bluetongue Virus's arrival in Ireland is a #climate change story as well as an animal welfare concern.
Endemic in sub-tropics, but unheard of in Europe until the late '90s. Changing humidity and temperature allowed the infected midges to survive in ever more northerly areas.
Graphic: WOAH
Endemic in sub-tropics, but unheard of in Europe until the late '90s. Changing humidity and temperature allowed the infected midges to survive in ever more northerly areas.
Graphic: WOAH
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#Bluetongue Virus's arrival in Ireland is a #climate change story as well as an animal welfare concern.
Endemic in sub-tropics, but unheard of in Europe until the late '90s. Changing humidity and temperature allowed the infected midges to survive in ever more northerly areas.
Graphic: WOAH
Endemic in sub-tropics, but unheard of in Europe until the late '90s. Changing humidity and temperature allowed the infected midges to survive in ever more northerly areas.
Graphic: WOAH