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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Revealed! How companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England. Companies use 2.6 billion litres of public water a day, many not required to report or cut their use. Less than 1% use same amount of water as 10 million people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Thanks to @irishcycle.com for this write up of an upcoming talk in Dublin irishcycle.com/2026/07/29/c...
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Car adman turned road safety and sustainability advocate Tom Flood to speak in Dublin
Tom Flood — whose work used to include car advertising but who turned his skills to promoting road safety and mobility beyond cars — is to speak at an event in Dublin on September 22nd.…
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PETA @peta.org · 03/07/2026
Did you know that the Fourth of July fireworks could put a dog through this much fear and anxiety? 😔 When choosing how to celebrate, keep in mind that it should be fun for everyone, no matter the species!
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Lina Rekase @linarekase.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I just signed the petition calling for sulky horse activity to be kept off Irish public roads and stronger protections for horses and the public. Will you add your name? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
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Keep Sulky Horse Activity Off Irish Public Roads
I just signed the petition calling for sulky horse activity to be kept off Irish public roads and stronger protections for horses and the public. Will you add your name?
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Big Tech is saying out loud "You can have a habitable planet or machine generated slop, but you can't have both."
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is great! Add on 5 more. #Dogs #Cats 🦮🐈
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“Buying whatever vehicle we like, and driving it wherever and whenever we please without having to think about the consequences for other people, has become normalised and ingrained across our society over decades." All encouraged by policies and market forces. This is 100% applicable to Ireland.
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SUV buyers undeterred by warnings of risk to pedestrians, UK study finds
Exclusive: Research suggests financial penalties necessary if number of large vehicles on roads is to be reduced
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
A team of academics looked into the environmental & climate claims of the meat & dairy industry from 2021-2024, to try to determine what percentage of those claims qualified as "greenwashing." The good news: it wasn't 100%! The bad news: it was, uh, 98%.
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Environmental claims, climate promises, and ‘greenwashing’ by meat and dairy companies
Animal agriculture has disproportionate environmental impacts relative to other forms of food production and accounts for at least 16.5% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many of the large...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/04/2026
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Remember, not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth
“Not density OR trees, density AND trees.”

Better cities are climate action.

URBAN Truth Collective
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The European Union is tightening the regulatory backdoor through which US automakers have been quietly importing around 7k large SUVs and pickup trucks/year. “The revised rules, expected to launch in 2027, are designed to close loopholes that Brussels says allow unsafe vehicles onto European roads.”
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Too big for Europe: America's pickup trucks became a trade war flashpoint - EUROPE SAYS
America loves its pickup trucks. The Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500: these are not merely vehicles. They are cultural monuments on
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What a disgraceful statistic - and a clear demonstration of why animal agriculture needs to be drastically scaled back
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Interesting data shows two sectors of industry increased emissions in 2025 — Airlines and dairy companies in Ireland. In contrast, other sectors have collectively recorded reductions. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hedgehogs are protected under German law, and trapping, injuring or killing them is subject to fines of up to €65,000. 🦔
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German mayors call for night-time ban on robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs
Leaders say automated mowers’ blades threaten nocturnal animals as studies highlight risks to wildlife
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🤎💛 Duchess 💛🤎 @duchessofdis.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is awesome. And well overdue. Well done Seattle!
Two photos of elderly people engaging with children.
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In seattle, a daycare nursing home were brought together. Older adults regain a sense of purpose, and children develop empathy and stronger emotional bonds.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Globally, wild grasslands and wetlands are being destroyed for agriculture 4x faster even than forests, with 67% of that for livestock. We can't keep ignoring the elephant in the room: animal farming is killing our living planet. share.google/3ZRoI47pYd76...
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Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests
Wild ecosystems such as grassland savannas, bush and open wetlands are losing ground worldwide to make way for large pastures and grain fields. A new study found these ecosystems are being converted a...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"If you are trying to protect life on Earth, you are working in an era defined by loss." As with climate scientists, many on the frontlines fighting for the living world are suffering a mental health crisis. It's *vital* we mind ourselves, and each other. www.butlernature.com/2026/03/22/t...
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The cost of caring for a dying world
Earlier this month, Jeremy Hance’s “‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down?” and the follow-up commentary “Emotional and psychological stresses beleaguer conservation profe...
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I do love the way that Irish libraries have continued to integrate into society. This v impressive stand is in one of Dublin’s main hospitals, Tallaght, in the West of the capital.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Please help our vulnerable ground-nesting birds: • Stay on designated roads & footpaths • Don't approach nesting birds or chicks • Keep all dogs on a lead at all times in high nature areas • Avoid driving off‑road • Keep disturbance to a minimum #CollaborativeConservation #BreedingWaders
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
REVEALED: Nearly three-quarters of England's woods are inaccessible to the public, according to official stats @righttoroam.bsky.social local groups are organising upcoming trespasses to woods to show how pheasant shoots & private logging firms prevent access: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds
Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Welcome comments from Minister for Nature Christopher O'Sullivan that he wants to see legislation for National Parks as well as a significant expansion of State lands for nature conservation. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Does Ireland Need More National Parks?
As National Tree Week 2026 continues, we ask what more can be done to protect nature. Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan joins from Tanzania to discuss his ...
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Water quality in Ireland is worsening: ... provisions in the programme have 'repeatedly failed to protect water quality. It is therefore profoundly unscientific & shortsighted to just continue those provisions in hope of achieving a better outcome this time round' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Robert DeNiro tells Nicole Wallace that Trump will not leave at the end of his term and it will be up to the people to get rid of him. He says Trump jokes about a 3rd term but he’s dead serious. We have to have massive turnout for Democrats in the midterms to rebuke this tyrant.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2026
Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary with English subtitles: youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...
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A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története
YouTube video by Direkt36
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Killing millions of dogs to prepare for a global sporting event is not progress, it’s a moral failure. The World Cup should unite the world, not be built on suffering. Humane solutions exist. Choosing compassion over violence is a responsibility we all share. www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
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Special report: Morocco, the 2030 World Cup and accusations of the ‘massacre’ of street dogs
In search of the truth behind allegations animals are being brutally killed as part of a clean-up operation ahead of cohosting the World Cup
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is the price our bays & estuaries pays for agricultural nitrogen pollution. These measures treat the symptom, they don't address the source. This is what the nitrates derogation exacerbates. Is this worth celebrating? Is it a price we're willing to pay? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Cork council to carry out pilot project to prevent infestation of sea lettuce on the coast
The project will place oysters and mussel bags in the water to remove nitrates and reduce the nutrition sea lettuce depends on to thrive
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre. Do come along if you’re free.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
48% of Ireland's waterbodies are so polluted, contaminated with chemicals, choked with algae, deprived of oxygen, lacking in species variety or physically altered and damaged that they fail to meet minimally acceptable standards. And it's getting worse. share.google/UVKmPRvgmnDA...
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Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again
Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Another significant environmental crime Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork jrnl.ie/6805578
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Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane! www.euroveg.eu/european-par...
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European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union
Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
On budget day the sheep industry will be looking for yet more increases in direct payments of taxpayers money per head of sheep, despite their own admission that's it's in terminal decline. Why should society be paying out again and again? www.independent.ie/farming/shee...
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Sheep sector at a crossroads as factories demand new plan to halt decline
The warning signs have been there for decades. From a high of nearly five million breeding ewes in the early 1990s, numbers have slipped steadily downwards, falling again this year to just 2.6m.
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Another damning report. We continue to mortgage the health of both current and future generations to realise short-term economic and development gains in the present.
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Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds
European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm
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David Ullrich @davidullrich202.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood. The team identified nine different types... x.com/DavidUllrich...
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Loughrea in Galway becomes the lastest water body to suffer acute poisoning. People warned not to swim or let their dogs near the water. www.galwaybeo.ie/news/galway-...
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Algal Bloom discovered in Galway area’s water as warning issued
It could make people and animals extremely ill
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Another hardy annual from the EPA here. Ireland still generating more waste, still not managing it properly www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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More than half of daily waste generated in Ireland burned or sent to landfill, EPA says
We need more investment in recycling infrastructure and less municipal waste sent abroad
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 23/09/2025
We don't make viral cat or police chase videos, but do provide free in-depth conversations with world leading climate experts. Please subscribe to Climate Chat. We're almost passing 5,000 🎉 youtube.com/@climatechat
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Climate Chat
Climate Chat is a channel where we discuss all things climate with scientists, technologists, authors, advocates, communicators and others helping us understand and fight climate change.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Protections against 'forever chemicals' (PFAS) are patchy across the EU with Ireland among the states that need to do much more, says @healthandenv.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...
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Ireland among EU states with fewest protections against cancer-linked ‘forever chemicals’
Human-made substances are used in manufacturing and survive indefinitely in the environment
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 18/09/2025
a few days ago brian kilmeade said homeless people should be executed. jesse waters accused the left of trying to start a civil war. fox news spent years telling verifiable lies about dominion and the 2020 election. canceling jimmy kimmel isn’t about an offensive line in a monologue. it’s about
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
There. Is. No. Such. Thing. Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries. "Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Same.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I'll be talking rewilding with Cormac Hamil at Belfast's Féile an Phobail at 7.30 tomorrow evening (Wednesday the 6th). I've always found Belfast audiences especially engaged when it comes to rewilding, so I'm expecting this to be another lively, highly stimulating discussion! Join us if you can!!
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