"Incentives to do the wrong things" is an accurate summary of Ireland's entire, unbalanced, animal-centric, high emissions, water polluting, nature-wrecking agricultural policy over the past 20 years.
[Do read the comments on this article also ... the question of whether there is already objective scarcity of resources for *fair* consumption globally remains very pertinent!]
"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours". From today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours".
From today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
Simon Harris acknowledges that Ireland's new excise level on diesel will be 10c below the minimum level required by the EU - but it's being pursued anyway based on the "acuity" of the situation.
So, in not so many words, Ireland is asking for forgiveness rather than permission
“The reality is that we don’t have any food security in Ireland because the vast majority of what we consume is imported and the vast majority of what we produce is exported”
– Emma Howard, economist, Technological University Dublin.
Another excellent article by @codohertynews.bsky.social
I don't often think Matt Cooper is dead wrong, but I certainly do on his call to scrap carbon taxes, which, apart from being a terrible idea, would also hand the far-right "protestors" a massive win and embolden them for future chaos.
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
The wrong question is dominating the energy crisis debate.
Every interview starts the same: where do we find replacement fossil fuels and what happens to prices?
In this BBC interview I push back.
This is the moment to talk about escaping fossil fuel dependence - not the daily market noise.
it could and should have been done days ago
What a disgraceful statistic - and a clear demonstration of why animal agriculture needs to be drastically scaled back
This is a really important story. If Europe makes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with products of beef farming linked with tropical deforestation, then we're only decarbonising on paper and getting nowhere.
Has anyone seen an estimate of how many protestors are blockading the country? Watching RTÉ news reporting ‘large crowds’ i.e. ‘hundreds’.
When tens of thousands march peacefully for Palestine or climate it hardly gets a mention…
#SpeirGorm
While the fuel protestors wreak havoc across Ireland, this chart is a reminder that they’re fighting yesterday’s war.
The global shift in transport (not just cars) away from fossil fuels to superior EV technology is now an avalanche.
¡Viva España!
🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇
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I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.
Meanwhile #ClimateEmergency
Trying to travel home from Dublin city centre this evening by (fuel-efficient) public transport. Blocked/disrupted/delayed by protestors who want (?) more govt spending on fossil fuel subsidies. Hmmm...
5/ “Analysts point to the increasingly authoritarian direction of the Orbán government, the funnelling of state assets and EU funds to loyalist circles, as well as low wages, high inflation, and emigration as key contributors to the decline in household wellbeing.“
This is not about being “anti-American”, or “pro-Iran.” It’s about being pro-civilization, and pro-humanity against a rogue American regime, which is wreaking havoc and explicitly threatening war crimes on a massive scale. If the world does not draw a line now, what next? If not now, when?
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
"even small unmeasured methane slip [leakage] can have disproportionate impacts on both compliance obligations and environmental performance."
Yet more evidence for just one of many BIG problems for Ireland's costly & climate-dumb plan for AD agri-biomethane production.
connectsci.au/ep/article/d...
....and @hannahdaly.ie explores the links between data centre growth and prolonged reliance on fossil fuels
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Yes, the situation is that intensive *crop* food production is now necessary to feed the world.
Using precious imported nitrogen on growing grass for the most N-wasteful intensive agriculture, pastured dairy & beef, exports food insecurity for the poorest (the exact opposite of feeding the world).
Let's be clear: Ireland has most fertiliser-wasteful agri-food system in Europe, due to its unbalanced grass-based dairy & beef dependency.
In the global food crisis coming FAST now, feeding the world requires fertiliser to go to poorer countries for their crops.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
The biggest oil crisis in history is about to hit globally.
Excellent thread by @chriso-wiki.bsky.social, summarising a Goldman Sachs report.
Unrolled below.
tbsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3miqdf2v6i52w
While optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the underlying problem is not being tackled by effective policy measures.
While our EU partners have achieved average emission reductions of 40% since 1990, we have managed a measly 5%.
www.antaisce.org/news/is-the-...
EU legal watchdog urged by @eeb.org to probe how EU Commission loosened rules for manure application.
➡️ EC based RENURE proposal (+50% nitrogen) on a single, narrow study, without: proper assessment, or evidence from its own scientific body, or consultation with citizens.
eeb.org/en/eu-legal-...
will listen
[i walked the North Downs Way in 1986! 🥾]
Important article by Prof. @hannahdaly.ie:
Ireland's Government must act quickly to stop data centres use of gas.
[Make no mistake, this is also about Gas Networks Ireland's plan to stay in business: they know gas-grid disappears if climate action limits data centres & electrifies heat & transport.]
"Staying within your [carbon] budget due to more favourable accounting or unintended external events is not comparable to actual and deliberate efforts to do so."
