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Clare O'Connor

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🌍 climate & energy policy & advocacy @foeireland

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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
4/ Instead, the policy risks locking-in greater fossil fuel dependency and could amount to a corporate capture of renewables. The policy risks undermining public trust in the energy transition and risks increasing people’s bills.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Ladies & Gentlemen, we present to you the largest single trunk live oak in the whole universe 😮 The tree lives in Iron City, Georgia which of course didn’t exist when the tree germinated, & nor did the US
Massive oak with car for scale
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Béa Gonzalez @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.~CG Jung
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Make it easier for Irish households to get off fossil fuels and participate in the energy transition, says @clareoconnor.bsky.social, our Programme Coordinator-Heat. www.irishtimes.com/special-repo...
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Failure to close climate action gap could cost us €26bn – imagine what that might achieve
Heavy EU fines loom unless the State cuts environmental emissions by 2030. How are we doing so far?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It's the dilemma that won't go away - data centres eating up so much power there may be nothing left for new homes. But while the Government tries to assure it's all in hand, remarks by the sec gen of the Department of Energy suggest otherwise www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
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Power shortages mean we’ll have to choose between new homes and data centres, top official warns
Power shortages mean the country will have to choose between artificial intelligence (AI) and housing, a senior government official has warned.
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Brooke @bkuhnhaus.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.
“The phrase “theory of change” has become popular in recent years, as in “what’s your theory of change?” Mine is that categories are leaky and anomalies abound. That change happens in complex, sometimes unpredictable ways, that it often unfolds with slow and indirect consequences, and that what ends up in the centres of power often begins in the margins and shadows. That stories have profound power and changing the story is often the beginning of changing the world.”
Rebecca Solnit
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
@clareoconnor.bsky.social, our Programme Coordinator-Heat, has co-authored an article in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on this issue. You can read it here⬇️ www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Retrofitting Ireland’s homes will require tailor-made tools for the rental sector
Around 30% of people in Ireland now live in a home they do not own. Any solution towards renovating the rental sector must ensure that strong social safeguards are in place to shield tenants from high...
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We welcome the move to tackle cold, damp rentals with BER Standards Bill. A poorly insulated home is like a leaky sieve and renters are throwing money away to keep their homes warm. Our press release: www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/friends...
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Housing For All commits to introducing minimum BERs for rental properties but Govt looks to have gone cold on the plan. @caneurope.org & @foeireland.bsky.social have ideas for what needs to happen. www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...
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Government stalls on pledge to introduce minimum BER standards for rental properties from this year
The Government is stalling on a commitment to introduce minimum BER ratings for landlords despite rental properties being among the least energy efficient in the country.
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 08/04/2025
The Government is stalling on minimum BER ratings for private rental properties - leaving more families in fuel poverty and letting the rental sector off the hook. We’re calling on Government to keep the plan and support landlords to retrofit. greenparty.ie/news/greens-...
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Greens criticise Government shelving of BER ratings for private rental sector | Green Party
Greens criticise Government shelving of BER ratings for private rental sector
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ejni.bsky.social @ejni.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We have fantastic speakers lined up for our upcoming webinar on "Shaping a Fair and Effective Social Climate Plan for Ireland"🗣️ Last chance to register ➡️: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 05/03/2025
The share of renewables* in energy for heating and cooling reached 26% across the EU in 2023. Ireland ranks the lowest, at 7.9%. *heat pumps, biomass, renewable waste heat etc.
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Data centres use lots of energy as demonstrated here by Dr Paul Deane using Lego. Learn more about our data centre campaign here 👉https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/ youtu.be/lkpuG549YZA
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Lego comparison of data centre energy use - Clare Byrne Live RTE
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Ireland
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10/12/2024
Full report: Data centres in the context of Ireland's carbon budgets www.friendsoftheearth.ie/assets/files...
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Clare O'Connor @clareoconnor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
my op-ed on climate action and renters in today's examiner: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Party manifestos leave renters — 20% of households — out of energy efficiency schemes
Election 2024 presents a critical opportunity for the next government to address energy poverty while ensuring a fair transition away from fossil fuels, writes Clare O'Connor
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