"[Big Oil] are the vampires of our world, sucking the life from the earth we were lucky to be born on. And we all know what sunlight does to vampires."

What McKibben describes is bleak and infuriating. But we can and we must work together to spread light on the workings on Big Oil's doom machine.

New Documents Undermine Trump Administration’s Claims About Offshore Wind Deal There was no new investment required from TotalEnergies, according to newly disclosed terms.

The US government paid $1 billion to kill a wind farm just because. Just absolute idiocy in every direction heatmap.news/energy/total...

it always surprises me when people react really viscerally to the idea of destroying systems and institutions that either no longer serve us (and can't be reformed), or never existed to serve humanity in general. putting the destruction of a system on the table shouldn't be a radical position

if you will only go as far as making their business more "responsible" w/accountability & transparency reports, then you must fundamentally be okay with the work they do, as long as they do it "carefully" and in a documented manner, subject to later auditing ofc.

do you hear yourself? see yourself?

Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one? Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to a young reader staring down a world of uncertainty.

Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?

Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran's foreign ​minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open, ‌another sizeable wager...

And that's the darker stuff. But it's happening in plain sight.
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It has one main purpose: market manipulation
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Am quoted by columnist Jennifer Horgan in her @irishexaminer.bsky.social piece this week.

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Stamp art of the new logo, showing Irish language names on a signpost with Reclaim Your Placename.

Stamp doodle logo for the @cnagaeilge.bsky.social AthGhaelú campaign "to encourage people to use Irish placenames instead of English placenames in all aspects of life."
They've also created a Gealltanas Logainmneacha "to encourage individuals and groups to use Irish-only placenames" #SpéirGhorm

Government to make 'plug-in solar' available within months 'Plug-in' solar panels to be in shops within months, offering households chance to significantly cut energy bills.

The UK government just changed their legislation to allow for plug-in solar. What is needed for us to do the same? Presumably these systems will soon be available in Northern Ireland.
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@patrickfreyne.bsky.social with all the right words, in the right order: "language is ultimately how we build community with one another. A world of LLM communication is a colder, blander one devoid of incidental human empathy and original thought."

Evergreen meme

Fair play for keeping your cool. Watching that was not good for my blood pressure. Talk about motivated reasoning... 🙄

we need to be talking more about the aspect of the chaos gorilla regime where they are financially incentivized to take actions that are unexpected and counterproductive to exploit long odds on the insider gambling apps

Ooof, McSweeney's, on the nose, as ever. This one hurt 😨

Looks great - hope some of the talks might be recorded!

As @thinkorswim.bsky.social points out, it is galling that this kind of propaganda can be distributed to schools with no oversight. A leaf straight out of the agricultural and fossil fuel industry playbook indeed.

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Great thread on the problem with sitka plantation forestry here
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BSW Group contributes to new children's book educating on Sitka spruce - BSW Group BSW Group – the UK’s largest integrated forestry and timber business – is proud to have been involved in a brand new children’s book aimed at educating the next generation about sustainability and the...

The second major clue is that this "story" was comissioned by the timber industry

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There is no better clue that this "story" is a blatant piece of greenwashed industry propaganda than Healy-Rae's endorsement.
"I hope this story helps you see, forests in a new way - as living places full of growth..." [of my bank balance].

More nauseating industry propaganda being pumped into our schools with no State regulation or oversight whatever, endorsed by that biodiversity champion, MHR.

Industrial forestry taking a leaf from livestock sector playbook.

This is a disgraceful, scandalous act of propaganda from the Government.

The likes of Shell, BP and ExxonMobil would be proud.

Have pre-ordered Sally Hayden's new book - it sounds like something we all need to read right now... "the perfect antidote to our times."

Things to note about Sitka spruce forests that Micheál who owns multiple commercial Sitka plantations neglects to tell us:

Sitka plantations in Ireland and the UK tend to be monoculture uniform age plantations because this maximises profitability and makes the wood much much cheaper to harvest. /1

Stop Greed, Build Green | Climate and Community Institute A new framework to put the working class in charge of climate and economic transformation.

🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)

Don’t ask AI, ask a peer: A collaborative series The series aims to re-emphasise the importance of knowledge sharing among people, as has been done for decades.

This editorial was co-written by three editors, representing three different voices and writing styles, which we have not edited. This is a deliberate decision to highlight human creativity and diversity, which is the core idea of this #GVSpotlight series.

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Important.

This drives a lot of climate action fights on social media. Some folks think anything but “reduce fossil CO2” is a distraction. Meanwhile, 1/3 of emissions are from food systems.

Also beware “solutions” that reduce fossil CO2 but increase land use CO2 even more (eg crop-based biofuels).

Open letter from 16 organisations to Minister O'Brien calling on him to urgently halt the Government’s interventions to legislate exemption from climate obligations for the Dublin Airport cap.
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Great quotes from that principal!
“Also, the issue is that so many people are driving these massive Land Rovers that they don’t need to drive when you’re in a city, and they’re taking up most of the road.”

We have been continously asking An Garda Síochána to prioritise routine enforcement around schools.

Principals' appeals are being ignored & children are put at risk.

Reckless behaviour around schools and where children play should not be tolerated.

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