Ireland doesn’t have time for wind farm battles Ella McSweeney: A recent verdict showed climate law can’t fix what politics won’t

Ireland doesn’t have time for wind farm battles

#FeedingOurselves is back - 2026 version! This is our annual gathering in Cloughjordan, 4 days and 3 nights of farming food environment justice events and activities.
We're really focusing on #foodSovereignty this year - it's time has come!
Booking and info here:
sustainable.ie/feeding-ours...

*SO* thrilled yesterday to see the first screening of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, the film about my 17-year journey rewilding a West Cork farm.

It went far and away beyond my hopes: a mesmerisingly lovely, immersive piece of work, almost dreamlike in parts, but grounded in ecology and daily life.

-government intelligence report shows most worrying potential impacts of our loss of nature weren't disclosed to the public

-only published after pressure from campaign groups, including an FOI

-but published version
leaves out some of the key points experts had found.

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Recent talk recorded with slides.

Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...

The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...

Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.

'The proposed (LNG) project would be close to a €1bn investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure. This is completely inconsistent with Ireland's legal climate obligations.'

Dr Aideen O'Dochartaigh appearing at recent Oireachtas Committee session on proposed 'Gas Bill'

@aideenod.bsky.social

Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one

Nature and climate funding must now be articulated as infrastructure: as essential to food systems, public health, energy stability and geopolitical resilience. In security terms, biodiversity is not sentimental, it is strategic.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

Another excellent piece by Pádraic Fogarty. The Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review offer the government a real opportunity to address challenges like flooding head-on, but I have little faith they’ll take it.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...

Third of Ireland’s wintering waterbirds vanish in just 30 years Some species increased numbers but others have declined by more than 50%

A periodic reminder that very little has been done to address the biodiversity crisis

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Care - Cork University Press We are in a crisis of care, one that needs an immediate response. This crisis is experienced in both our everyday lived experiences and in our interactions w...

I'm in a wonderful Wellbeing Economy Ireland meeting w Mark Garavan, recently retired from University of Cork and author of the book "Care" (Cork University Press) @corkup.bsky.social. Fascinating, succinct account of the collapse of our systems & values. www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205611...

Mercosur delayed for years, which may mean it's scuppered altogether.

What's the definition of 'public interest'? Is it leaving just the deep pocketed corporate players on the field, who make enough profit to pay their lawyers hundreds of thousands to defend their own economic interest, further stacking the deck against the environment in favour of corporate profit?

A must-listen piece that does an excellent job of teasing out the psychology, science, and politics of the Nitrates Derogation.

As Dr. Elaine McGoff says, “We have a phosphorus solution to a nitrates problem.” Maybe it’s time we started working on the nitrates solution? @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern

Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common?
Check out the film screening and then chat with myself and Rupa Marya after - Sunday 16th November in Cork (early start, 12.30)
corkfilmfest.org/events/farmi...

What if we had the Right to Grow? Up and down the country public land is being left unloved, costing our local authorities money to care for and giving nothing back to the community in return. Community groups like Incredible Edible…

Check out this brilliant new short film from the #IncredibleEdible team - What if we had the Right to Grow?  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6R5...

"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere.

Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?"

Crucial question, crucial book.

*Read it.*

Take action: Stop the climate-wrecking EU-Mercosur Trade Deal - The Environmental Pillar The EU-Mercosur trade agreement will benefit a handful of big corporations while driving deforestation, the climate crisis and exposing small-scale farmers to unfair competition. Join our call and say...

🔥The Amazon is burning. The world’s lungs are on the brink of collapse. The EU wants to pour fuel on the fire with the EU-Mercosur trade deal — but we can still put a STOP on it! Tell your Minister & MEPs to reject the EU-Mercosur deal www.environmentalpillar.ie/stopeumercos... #StopEUMercosur

Feeding Ourselves newsletter out now!
Local Food Symposium Trinity Oct 30th
School Food Coalition
Global Green at Electric Picnic
Talamh Beo at the Ploughing, the Picnic, Talamh Óg, methane matters & Palestine Solidarity
Féile na Úll (applefest) Cloughjordan 20th Sept.
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Almost 180,000 people have already stood up for the rights of nature & our collective right to a healthy environment in Europe.

Can we get to 200,000 by end of today? 🙌

John Gibbons on ‘The Lie of the Land’ | Newstalk John Gibbons is an Environmental Journalist and Commentator who is releasing a book called ‘The...

Really enjoyed this conversation. We need more voices like John @thinkorswim.bsky.social highlighting honestly where we are at, where we can go and how we might get there. His book The Lie Of The Land has just arrived today so looking forward to reading 👏👏👏

www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

John Gibbons on ‘The Lie of the Land’ | Newstalk John Gibbons is an Environmental Journalist and Commentator who is releasing a book called ‘The...

Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online

www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Important - and easy to add your voice!

Just a couple of days left to speak up for nature

The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion.

Let them understand nature needs more help than ever #HandsOffNature

Please send your message:
swanireland.ie/take-action/...

New Banksy is fucking nail on the head 🔨 👏

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments

Great article from @hannahdaly.ie on the shameful proposal to lower Ireland's climate ambition

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

“Far from being a distraction from decarbonisation, strategic adaptation can act as a catalyst for it, transforming climate breakdown from an abstract threat to a lived and shared reality.”

🔴 URGENT message from UAWC
| Israeli Forces Attack UAWC’s Seed Bank Multiplication Unit in Hebron

Just moments ago, Israeli occupation forces launched a military assault on the Multiplication Unit of UAWC Seed Bank in the Hebron area, using bulldozers!

Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements However, it continued to invest in another four.

Useful info on the illegal settlements and Ireland's investments
www.thejournal.ie/ireland-weal...

Really enjoyed this conversation with Manda and Diarmuid