This is already demonstrably incorrect. And Wright isn't even dead yet.

Fellas, is it manly to die from vaccine-preventable diseases?

When hope is being stripped away There are moments in life that do not pass. They do not fade with time. They do not soften at the edges. They stay sharp, unyielding, and present. A mother turning her face away so her children will not...

Cuts to international aid, including major reductions by USAID and others, are already reversing progress in some of the world's poorest countries, Ronan Scully of Self Help Africa writes www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

There are bottlenecks that can be fixed on a few weeks timetable: adding extra services (closed due to money), ticketing ... if its considered urgent, which it isnt.

From the numbers, we can't simply stop short-haul flights tomorrow. But a policy of replacement with rail is needed ASAP for climate change anyway, and should be accelerated. Simply concentrating on fraction of aviation fuel used misses this.

15% of fossil fuels extracted each year are used to make fertiliser, run farms, process foods and transport them. In a very real sense our food is made from oil and gas.

We are about to feel a very painful food shock.
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What matters is overall fuel burnt , and alternatives, rather than fraction of aviation fuel used on short flights.
Short flights can be replaced by rail. The comparison should be fuel for rail vs aviation, especially when rail can be electric. Long flights are less substitutable.

Climate removed from top level navigation on BBC News.

Can we finally agree that burning wood for energy is a terrible idea and won't be carbon neutral, let alone carbon negative, in our lifetimes? BECCS using wood certainly shouldn't qualify as CO₂ removal (CDR).

National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system | Colm Duffy 📣 This morning we have a 🗞️ new paper (reply to comment) out in Environmental Research Letters: It highlights a simple but important problem with “temperature neutrality” (TN) as a national climate t...

We published a reply to comment on our recent Temperature Neutrality Paper.

The (very) short version:

If everyone does it, the very assumptions that underpin it are invalidated.

#ClimateChange #ClimateMitigation #Climatepolicy #TemperatureNeutrality

www.linkedin.com/posts/colm-d...

Jennifer Horgan: We have set a new standard for what angry men can achieve. It's terrifying Angry men's blockades stopped my mother being with her dying brother-in-law last week. She was not the only vulnerable person whose needs were trampled on

Excellent piece on the #fuelprotests

While the "angry men" were out holding the country to ransom, we didn't hear a word from their populist political supporters about the vulnerable groups they were affecting like older and disabled people.

#SpeirGorm

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

A dozen or so cars parked on a brand new bike path, Bóthar Stiofáin, Galway. Nearby, an event is being held to mark the unveiling of a plaque commemorating Steven Griffin, an Irish soldier who was killed in Lebanon (1980) while on duty with Unifil.

Utterly predictable — and you couldn't make it up.

Bóthar Stiofáin around lunchtime today.

Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”

Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310

A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.

Bog land is a bigger carbon sink than a forest, the idea of digging them up to build Data fucking energy sucking centres is beyond belief.

Early morning Galway train service to be cut from schedule due to lack of funding Athenry transportation to Galway is getting slimmer as an early morning direct train service is close to its expiration date.

More from the "no traffic problems whatsoever so we don't need decent public transport" city....

www.independent.ie/regionals/ga...

The energy crisis IS the climate crisis.

And we have a Government that is ignoring its climate commitments, at the long term expense of all of us.

Show your support for our Earth Day Motion, demanding that the Govt recommit to its 2030 climate targets and steer us away from fossil fuel dependency

Some excellent points from John Gibbons. The carbon tax is a progressive measure, with revenues ring-fenced to support public spending that helps the most vulnerable transition to warmer homes & more sustainable farming practices. Points both the government and opposition should be highlighting

If you had doubts about who Independent Ireland are and some of the fuel protest leaders - well they’re showing us.

Protesters and those whose livelihoods are at stake should have nothing to do with the far right or bigotry. #fuelprotests

Getting real tired of "AI will revolutionize your workflow!" I am a scientist! I do what I do because I want to dig into things myself. I don't want offload that labor onto a computer, and I don't need to accelerate the rate at which I work, because the point of the work is to learn.

Earth Day with Climate Ambassadors:
Special Galway screening 'The Oil Machine'

Thought-provoking documentary exploring dependence on oil & gas, while examining ethical & environmental dilemmas surrounding oil industry & how it's embedded in our lives

Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/galway-ear...

I don't think so. The US is less of the "centre of the tech universe" than imagined, speaking as a frmr EU employee of US multinationals, my work was seen as "US tech" even when created in Ireland. The companies may be HQ'd in the US, but have significant staff in EU.

Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.

This is how it's done!

"a core reserve where fishing is banned outright, surrounded by a buffer zone that allows some artisanal fishing — designed to allow local fishing communities to retain their traditional livelihoods"

www.conservation.org/news/brazil-...

As road deaths rise, the true scale of injuries remains unclear Ireland's road safety record is continuing to move in the wrong direction and is increasingly out of step with the rest of the EU. But while fatalities continue to rise, so to do serious injuries

Another great piece of journalism from @rte.ie Jack Carron.

Primetime tonight @9.30 @rteone.rte.ie

www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Screenshot of POLITICO London Playbook email, showing Palantir sponsorship

Oh, FGS -

@politico.com is taking sponsorship money from Palantir - running their ads through news updates.

That's absolutely the *last* thing we need in our politics, Palantir going straight for the political-media environment at a time when we need massive scrutiny of their contracts in the UK.

Decarbonisation is the answer.
This is the second fossil fuel crisis in just a few years. The evidence is clear: dependency on fossil fuels remains the most expensive option for Europe — and citizens are feeling it at the petrol station, in the supermarket, and on their bills.

The most dangerous vehicles on our streets are HGVs. In many vehicles, drivers simply cannot see pedestrians and cyclists around them. I passed a motion at Dublin City Council requiring Heavy Goods Vehicles to adhere to safety standards for driver field of vision.

Sadhbh O'Neill: Fuel protests can’t derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither can data centres If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact

Sadhbh O'Neill: Fuel protests can’t derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither can data centres

🌱Where we plant trees matters. New study finds that optimized afforestation can slash peak river flows by 43% and cut water losses by 60%. Smart planning is essential to protect the climate and our waters @fredrikwetterhall.bsky.social

🧪🔗www.nature.com/articles/s44458-026-00057-3