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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this. Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/09/2025
Text of New York's COVID vaccine executive order is out. - It allows physicians and nurses to prescribe vaccines to anyone 3 & over - It expands pharmacists’ authority to administer vaccines to children under 18 - For the first time, pharmacists can prescribe vaccines off-label to anyone 3 & over
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
alternative title: "we've gotta stop burning $hit" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon
Around 1,460 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide can be safely stored underground, but this limit could be reached by 2200.
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
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Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla!
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotill...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2025
Fun fact: fossil fuels cause Earth's habitat to overheat and shut down whether the fossil fuels come from a democracy or whether they come from a dictatorship We're not going to have many democracies left if we keep choosing to tear the fucking wires out of life support systems archive.ph/nCdn7
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Norway says pump it up on oil and gas for now
The country has seen a return to a more unapologetic stance of producing energy to help wean Europe off its dependence on Russia
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
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Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...
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#Hands OFF Nature | Environmental Pillar
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I've just signed Peacekeepers' the open letter for Irish Neutrality. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/pe...
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Peacekeepers Open Letter for Neutrality
I've just signed the Peacekeepers' Open Letter for Neutrality. Can you do the same?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Yesterday, I passed this small patch that had somehow escaped the ubiquitous ryegrass and sheep/cattle treatment. It stood out like a flashing neon light, thronged with wildflowers,native trees, flying insects, and birds. Nature's only way of crying out to just be given a chance.
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Malcolm Noonan @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
As I recall, three parties agreed an ambitious climate and nature PfG in the last government and all but a few members of Dáil Éireann voted in favour of the EU Nature Restoration Law. Why then would we even want to remove internationally binding climate 'rules'? Poor show Business Post.
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AskNoSwiss 🍋🍋🍋 @asknoswiss.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Just like in Germany or the UK. People who fight for peace, human rights and international law get criminalized…
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 15/08/2025
John’s been closely following Ireland’s response to the climate emergency for decades, and he has kept ALL the receipts. I got a sneak preview of this book. I thought I couldn’t be shocked anymore, but my jaw is constantly dropping. Out September 4th.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The UK has only one land border, the one with Ireland. Despite this, UK media enjoys being ignorant about Ireland. I haven’t read this as it’s too early in the century to flambé my brain with stupidity. So just from this screen shot - the terrorists were in this case, British! …
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The latest episode of Weathered is really important to watch. This episode discusses the alarming rates of ground water being depleted - and is used for a large portion of farming irrigation globally.
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When Will The World Run Out of Water?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The number and variety of butterflies this summer is brilliant to see. Hopefully, it is a sign that we have not destroyed their habitats. Of course the weather in the spring and summer are probably part of the reason.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Morning in the garden.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
🧵 Another beautiful day in Leitrim. This is a marina in the West of Ireland where skies & water bloom with clouds & azure blue. Such colours are a part of my work, suggesting the infinite & the heavens, as you can see in this thread of my one-off ink on archival paper drawings:
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Five EU countries have now turned their backs on the global ban on landmines. These deadly weapons mainly kill and injure civilians. We must stop this. Sign the petition to defend the ban before it’s too late. #EndLandmines action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
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Don’t let Europe bring back landmines
Five EU countries have now turned their backs on the global ban on landmines—risking more civilian deaths. These brutal weapons don’t belong in Europe or anywhere. Sign the petition to protect the ban...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/08/2025
Southern Europe is sweltering under life-threatening heat that could last through Monday, fueling wildfires that have left at least two people dead. In Spain, soldiers have been deployed to battle the fires and hundreds of people have evacuated. nyti.ms/46STog7
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
My thoughts on how billionaires like Dermot Desmond and Michael O’Leary hold unbalanced power through unrestricted access to the media despite having no expertise in transport or urban planning. It’s not a coincidence. It’s capitalism at work.
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Billionaires and the Irish Media
When Billionaires Talk, the Media Listens—Even if They Know Nothing
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
In Ireland as elsewhere, fossil fuel lobby trying every trick in the book to argue for its continued existence, despite all the evidence. HVOs are yet another deceptive sleight of hand, as @hannahdaly.ie explains. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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The climate ‘quick fix’ that could be worse than fossil fuels
At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
One thing that will never, ever disappoint is delusional power of economists in imagining that the worst we have to worry about in next 2 decades is a "disappointing" rate of economic growth. Even funnier, this guy used to chair Ireland's national #climate advisory council.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
CCAC is supposed to be independent #climate advisory group to gov't in Ireland, yet it endorses BS livestock industry efforts to dodge methane cuts. Fun fact: Expert review advised that Teagasc (dominated by dairy farmers) be removed from CCAC as it's biased. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Climate scientists criticise Ireland over new ‘temperature neutrality’ proposal
‘For Ireland, with outsized methane emissions, to base its long-term climate target on stabilising warming sets a dangerous precedent’
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This is not what we should accept as "normal'. We need to put the brakes on making the effects of climate change even worse. This is on our leaders to take action on both nationally & globally. Normalizing climate change does not make it more acceptable www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
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This is our second-worst wildfire season on record — and could be the new normal | CBC News
This year's wildfire season is already the second-worst on record in Canada, and experts are warning that this might be the new normal.
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sigreign @sigreign.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Same tactic used by automakers in the fifties
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We need to force the Gaza Legal Case to the top of the national conversation. I am backing the Gaza Legal Case. Will you share and spread the word? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/su...
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I am backing the Gaza Legal Case - share
We need to force the Gaza Legal Case to the top of the national conversation. I am backing the Gaza Legal Case. Will you share and spread the word?
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
We need to force the Gaza Legal Case to the top of the national conversation. I just shared this video to get everybody talking about the Gaza Legal Case and the Irish government's role in facilitating genocide. Will you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ga...
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Gaza Legal Case - share the news
We need to force the Gaza Legal Case to the top of the national conversation. I just shared this video to get everybody talking about the Gaza Legal Case and the Irish government's role in facilitatin...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
“Scientists don’t have the Hippocratic oath that doctors do, but we should. If you see that harm to the stability of climate and to present and future generations is being caused, then, in my opinion, you have a moral and ethical responsibility as a climate scientist to speak out against that.”
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This renowned climate scientist says this is the most difficult time for climate science he’s ever seen
Benjamin Santer has faced pushback on climate research in the past. But this environment feels different ‘because it's so targeted.’
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 21/07/2025
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues. Food prices have increased 40 fold. UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza. Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨The Green Deal is under attack! Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a sustainable economy! Sign NOW to defend our future! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
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Defend the Green Deal from the polluters' lobby!
The Green Deal is under attack! 🚨 Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Apparently, according to IFA on Morning Ireland just now, it’s an “Armageddon scenario” for agri sector if its licence to pollute, aka the Nitrates Derogation, is withdrawn. This is despite fact that EVERY other country in EU has scrapped this hugely damaging derogation.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
More heat than light from MHR on Virgin TV last night as junior minister refuses to condemn illegal peat mining operations & tries (unsuccessfully) to misrepresent findings of recent EPA investigation.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Apart from being an enthusiastic lobbyist in undermining state policy on emissions reduction, DAA chief Jacobs also holds shares in assorted airlines. He has to resign, or be fired. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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DAA chief failed to tell Eamon Ryan about airline shares before appointment
Kenny Jacobs told minister he had ‘no conflict of interest’ when joining board of State airport company
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Well who’d have ever possibly predicted the absolutely inevitable consequences of their own actions?
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee. + 🧵 www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...
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The Hunger Gap
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It has been a long, slow decline. But this is the moment the BBC died as a public service broadcaster. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
1. One thing you need to realise about the British Establishment is that it uses clowns to express its deepest desires. People like Rod Liddle offer a kind of deniability - "lighten up, he's just having a laugh". But they deliver a closer representation of its truths than any sober editorial.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot
The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Bear in mind that if you held up a sign saying "I support genocide", you would not be arrested under the Terrorism Act.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government: Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
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Environmental Coffeehouse~ Sandy @envirocoffeehouse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I'm sorry Professor but the United States is a lost cause at the moment. And that is not going to bode well for the rest of the planet unfortunately. Many of us are stuck in this hideous situation and our powerless to do anything. Did you read this by David Suzuki? www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This is definitely not the time to delay or dial back climate policy. The urgency has never been greater. We are approaching dangerous tipping points, almost 200 scientists warn. 🌊 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders
World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...
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gerithorn.bsky.social @gerithorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Kill another green law? The EU wants to continue protecting polluters spreading greenwashing lies. Finally political momentum is on our side to stop this. Sign to demand the anti-greenwashing law. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-07...
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No more “green” lies! Don’t let the EU kill the anti-greenwashing law.
Kill another green law? The EU wants to continue protecting polluters spreading greenwashing lies. Finally political momentum is on our side to stop this. Sign to demand the anti-greenwashing law.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨 NEW: Dr Michael Kill is often the voice of UK nightlife. He’s a UN rep, a uni dean and has met gov ministers 37 times But the facts — and institutions — are far less convincing New investigation by Democracy for Sale and @jim.londoncentric.media 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
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The curious case of Britain’s nightlife lobbyist-in-chief
Dr Michael Kill says he’s a UN rep, a university dean and that his lobby group represents major music industry players. But the facts — and the institutions — are far less convincing.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
When urbanists take pictures of a Paris street (like Rue de Rivoli) showing all the people on bikes taking advantage of protected infrastructure, it’s not just because we “like bikes.” It’s because we’re picturing the gridlock if they were driving cars. And the public cost, pollution, noise…
Separated bike lane in Central Paris filled with people on bikes.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Israeli government has shown that it is not prepared to stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza is dead, disabled or displaced. Every day in which it is still armed and supported by Western states, our own included, is a stain on international law.
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