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Noreen Buttimer

@norbut.bsky.social
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Swimmer, cyclist, retired.

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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 5h
Open letter on the Drumcree and Garvaghy Road row signed by people from a Protestant background. Impressive.
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Save Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 16h
An otter swims right by me as I waded the River Bride in Blackpool this morning. I was so caught by surprise that I could not get my phone camera working. The OPW and Cork City Council plan to bury this entire stretch of river underground. Jack Chambers gave it the go ahead. #cork
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Clean Coasts @cleancoasts.bsky.social · 18h
🎥 CILL STUIFÍN Film Screening and Q&A with Director Kev L Smith at Patagonia Dublin 📍Location: Patagonia Store Dublin 🕛Time: 7:30 PM 📅Date: 29th October 🎟️ Please register on Eventbrite if you would like to attend, at the link here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/2001168250106?a…
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 14h
380,000 children in EU are exposed to dangerous levels of pesticides. Yet the EU is proposing to make approvals for many pesticide substances "indefinite"🚨 Children deserve protection, not deregulation ⚠️🧒 Full piece published today by EEB & Child Rights International Network in @euobserver.com ⤵️
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 12h
Is ageing a barrier to cycling? On the contrary! In The Netherlands , people between 65 and 75 years old, cycle more than any other adult group. Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, How much do Dutch people cycle? (2023) Fishman, Schepers & Kamphuis (2015).
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12h
Imagine a room full of brilliant jazz musicians, all playing solos, none of them listening to each other. That's climate communication right now--and we have the data to prove it. Join @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social & I on our @tccollab.bsky.social webinar today, 3pm ET!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Who’s Really Talking About Climate Change?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Climate concern is everywhere. Climate conversations are almost nowhere. That’s why the Talking Climate Collaborative is bringing together new research and practical action. Join us to explore findin...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 17h
Here's the liquid gas industry framing its product as a "just transition". This would be sidesplittingly funny if it was not apparent that this message is getting through to politicians.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How to Spend Two Perfect Days Riding a Bicycle in Paris. momentummag.com/how-to-spend...
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Mairéad Nic Craith @maireadnc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @forasfeasa.bsky.social @glornangael.bsky.social @gaelphobal.bsky.social @gailllingh.bsky.social youtu.be/rfxSTWuRk9M?...
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Language & Ecology by UHI Institute for Northern Studies Professor Mairead Nic Craith
YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies
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Trócaire @trocaire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ireland found GUILTY at Climate Court 👩‍⚖️⚖️👨🏻‍⚖️ Building new fossil fuel infrastructure instead of phasing it out. Guilty❌ Putting profits of Big Tech ahead of our future. Guilty❌ Allowing fossil fuel companies to make record profits while households face soaring energy bills. Guilty❌
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jaw-dropping doublespeak by Ireland's climate action Minister Darragh O'Brien: “We’re not going to hit our 2030 target but that does not reduce our ambition in that regard”. 🇮🇪 ambition *is* the 2030 target, so not hitting it [read, missing it by a large margin] *is* reducing ambition in that regard.
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🌰 Two volunteer days at St. John's Wood & Rinnagan Nursery saw volunteers maintain young saplings, prepare beds for seed season, collect crab apples under NPWS permission and sow cleaned seed into stratification trays. The next generation of native trees is already underway. 🌱
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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘His message is clear – wanting kids to be able to walk and cycle is not radical, wanting them to be safe is not radical, and expecting paint to protect them is absurd’. From notes on Tom Flood’s speech in Dublin. Well worth a read by all road-users.
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Ending Fossil Power", the latest report from Stop Climate Chaos Ireland. –Data shows Ireland far off track from meeting climate commitments so urgent action needed. –Climate Action Plan is now long-overdue –Government is actively evading climate obligations. www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2026/09...
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Ending Fossil Power | Stop Climate Chaos
Stop Climate Chaos launch their latest report Government must urgently act to close Ireland’s widening emissions gap, new report warns Recent data shows that Ireland needs urgent change of tack to &#8...
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 30/09/2026
Our member @BIKEBAZE launched a new series: Steal This Tip, practical tips against bike theft. Episode one: take your battery out. Always. An e-bike battery is worth a few hundred euros and easy to steal, yet most riders leave it on the bike, even for short stops.
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Clean Coasts @cleancoasts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The #ThinkBeforeYouFlush campaign turns 10! To celebrate we are running an art competition for primary schools! Create your own fatberg for a chance to win cash prizes! 🎨 More info: thinkbeforeyouflush.org/world-toile… #ThinkB4UFlush #ThinkB4UPour @UisceEireann
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Was up early in Cork city today and ran into the lady looking after Ireland's second city's flood defences - Sylvia from Hungary
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Watch: Sylvia and her brush are Cork's most effective flood defences
'Nobody else will clear the drains - so I do it'
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
says something about the workings of Ireland's democracy that we have no mechanisms to keep the government in check on climate. Climate Action Plan delayed, public transport not funded, Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity ignored
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Cork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of our members noticed that Ford Motors in Cork was illegally parked and spoke to the personnel. If you see a vehicle parked illegally, you can report it to a traffic warden on 021 492 4382. @cyclingincork.bsky.social @badparkingcork.bsky.social
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you pick up this book and read even just a page or two, you'll understand immediately why it's doing so well. It's phenomenal. A manual on the fightback for life on Earth.
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stop Climate Chaos & Environmental Pillar wrote to Minister O’Brien ahead of the Informal Meeting of EU energy ministers setting out priorities for energy affordability, energy efficiency & renewables & energy security by cutting dependence on fossil fuels www.environmentalpillar.ie/app/uploads/...
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Over 30k premises without power now as wind still gusts over 90kmh in South. No official stations have reported gusts above yellow warning but with trees still in leaf cover the impacts are bigger this time of year. Very mild evening up to 19c, wind will ease tonight but more heavy rain in East.
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We badly need to increase the level of transport capital funding for cycling and walking. We met Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers on the 15th to present our budget submission- www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/irish-cyclin... 1/3
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Irish Cycling Campaign Pre-Budget 2027 Submission
Our overarching message:Increase the Level of Transport Capital Funding Allocated to Create High-Quality Conditions for Cycling and Walking Countrywide ——————— Earlier this month, Irish Cycling…
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
F/FG councillors yesterday rejected a council motion to reverse land zoning in Naas that will allow a second data centre to be built in the town. This is from their joint statement. 'It is not our role to regulate these complex entities.' Pretty much sums up F/FG.
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The Grand Drawing In @theauldsthretch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is 2026-09-28, the sun sets at 18:08:49 GMT (19:08:49 Irish Standard Time!) and the grand auld stretch tonight was 2 hours, 03 mins and 06 secs. #GrandStretch #GrandDrawingInNow
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Bus Eireann charging 2 of us €15 single from Cork to Macroom really shows how much this country cares about getting people out of cars No option to buy return on bus Bus 3/4 empty If we'd a car it would cost €11.00 return on fuel 6 times price This government hates public transport #speirghorm
Bus Eireann charging 2 of us €15 single from Cork to Macroom really shows how much this country cares about getting people out of cars 
No option to buy return on bus
Bus 3/4 empty
If we'd a car it would cost €11.00 return on fuel
6 times price
This government hates public transport

#speirghorm
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Agriculture just needs more time to allow pollution measures to work... 🤔 www.waterford-news.ie/news/over-50...
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Over 50% of farms inspected in Waterford found to be non-compliant - News - Waterford News & Star
Councillors at the September sitting of Comeragh District Council were told that there is support available for those farmers
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Trócaire @trocaire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ireland found GUILTY of climate hypocrisy! Ireland claims itself as a climate leader internationally, but at home continues to expand fossil fuel infrastructure such as LNG
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kerbs made from original Cork limestone at Madden's Buildings today and the modern replacements nearby. Work has now stopped. One of the two roads hasn't been touched yet and it's not clear how the council and contractors will proceed from here. #Cork
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here is the Madden's Buildings historic, #Cork limestone kerbing. 'Stored' at a nearby council-owned site in Blackpool. The council need to outline how they and the contractor plan to restore these and the streetscape at Madden's Buildings.
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Graham Caswell @grahamcaswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's the NI Parade Commission's 'Determination Document': paradescommissionni.flexigrant.com/downloadfile...
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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The gaping hole in Colm McCarthys article in the Business Post today is this "The only available evaluation of MetroLink’s costs and benefits was released as part of the TII’s preliminary assessment in 2022."..... A business case was published last week..... www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
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Colm McCarthy: There’s a gaping hole in the case for the €16bn MetroLink
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
I cannot ever forget how the marching bands refused to be silent, as requested, going past the house where the mother of those three murdered boys took refuge in the weeks after her unthinkable loss. A small detail that exposes everything this march is for.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sometimes I think we're making progress in our attitudes to nature, and then I read an article like this which reminds me that we haven't moved on much at all 😒 www.westmeathindependent.ie/2026/09/25/s...
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Silt removal will help river flow – ‘Boxer’ | Westmeath Independent
The removal of 1,100 tonnes of silt upstream of Lough Derg, between Banagher and Victoria Lock, will be of "enormous benefit" to an improved flow of the River Shannon, local OPW Minister Kevin 'Boxer'...
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Cllr Eva Dowling @evadowling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks @irishtimes.com for publishing my letter in today’s weekend edition. Government parties should fund the public transport network properly and run the timetable already published: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Cllr John Kennedy, (Letters, September 24th) asks passengers to see an extra 60c a day as the cost of a better public transport service. Many of us would settle for the service we are already paying for.
 
Ghost buses remain a persistent feature of Dublin’s public transport network: services that appear on Real-Time Passenger Information displays and apps, but never arrive. The Minister for Transport has called cancellation rates on some routes unacceptable, and the National Transport Authority (NTA) has been penalising operators over reliability. None of that is a revenue problem. Those journeys are already funded. Fixing them costs the passenger nothing.
 
Neither will fare increases deliver the 140 new services promised for 2027. New services need buses, depots and road space - and those are financed through capital expenditure, not from fares. Government's planned fare increases will cut passenger numbers according to NTA data. Some people will cancel their journeys while others will be back in cars.
 
On the NTA's own figures, a 15 per cent increase on fares raises about €80 million. It costs the commuter roughly €140 a year and it buys no improvement in what actually turns up. Shoppers learned to call this kind of deal shrinkflation: the same price, a smaller product. Here passengers are asked to pay more for a service that is already falling short.
 
Government parties should fund the network properly, and run the timetable already published.
 
Yours,
 
Eva Dowling
Green Party Councillor for Stillorgan
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council,
Marine Road,
Dún Laoghaire.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did you know that producing one pound of beef is 25-50x worse for climate change than burning a pound of coal? In fact, it’s one of the most polluting things we can consume. And grass-fed beef is usually *even worse* — thanks to its much higher land use and methane emissions.
Bar chart showing greenhouse gas emissions for different food items. Beef is the worst, by far.
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Ireland flag should be vivid and deep blue with a big gold harp in the middle of it and it would immediately be the coolest flag in the world
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Noreen Buttimer @norbut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Moving with the times: Is there room for a greener commute?
As we build more housing, proximity to public transport is not the key influence when it comes to trying to reduce car dependence. It's the supply of public transport services in terms of frequency, r...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile, the Irish government is about to waste hundreds more millions of euros subsidising petrol, diesel instead of putting that same money into supporting people to buy EVs, save the #climate & a ton of money too. Far too sensible, clearly, for Micheál, Simon & Co.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This week we learned that the Irish government has proposed weakening Europeans citizens' fundamental right to privacy to favour AI companies. We also learned this week that 83% of Irish people under 25 want stronger government regulation of AI. Who *exactly* does our government work for?
AI: EU Member States plan "digital expropriation" of Europeans in the interest of Al companies
Artificial Intelligence / 21 September 2026
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAl, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data "in the context of Al" should automatically be lawful.
There seems to be wide informal agreement by many Member States. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens "in the context" of Al. Schrems: "Under these proposals, the profits of Al companies would trump European's fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans." All this is happening despite the key figures of Al corporations actively warn about the enormous risks associated with their own products.Transport costs and mental health also remain prominent concerns.
More than seven in ten adults believe Al will make it harder for young people to find secure employment over the next five years, while 83% support stronger government regulation of Al.
Just 17% of young adults said they believe the Government is doing enough to support them through the cost-of-living crisis.
"These findings should serve as a wake-up call," said Grace McManus, Policy and Campaigns Manager at NYCI.
"Too many young people feel that the chance to build a secure and independent life is slipping out of reach," Ms McManus said.
The polling was conducted by RED C, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults, including a cohort aged 18-24.
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Mike Spillane @spillanemike.com · 24/09/2026
Bus connects progress update 40 odd pages for Dublin, one each for Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford.... painfully slow progress busconnects.ie/the-busconne...
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The BusConnects Programme continues to make strong progress with delivery momentum accelerating across all projects | Busconnects
The purpose of the progress report is to provide a comprehensive overview of progress across the BusConnects programme in cities across Ireland. Published on a biannual basis by the National Transport...
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Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Currently reading
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Funny coincidence: this estimate of China's cleantech avoided emissions is about the same as the potential *added* emissions if all planned data centre gas plants go ahead ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
Almost a third of the avoided emissions identified ​by the analysis came from solar exports to South Asia, where Pakistan is in the ‌midst of ⁠a boom that has given it one of the highest shares of solar power generation in the world.

"Current growth of solar and EVs, particularly in emerging countries, was not on anyone's radar five years ago before China's cleantech manufacturing ​boom," said Myllyvirta.
"Just as ​the manufacturing boom ⁠led to increased supply and falling prices, the world experienced two fossil fuel price shocks in the past five ​years, giving adoptia chart showing potential gas emissions
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Seabass from Spain, Greece or Turkey". "Cajun chicken is Polish and not free range... the prawns are frozen and from Bangladesh". Not great in a city centre restaurant but the real kicker? One of the owners is the chairman of Bord Bia according to the piece.. www.irishtimes.com/food/restaur...
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Sole Seafood & Grill review: I’m in shock – €35 for chicken supreme using non-free-range Dutch chicken
Many dishes in this lavishly refurbished Dublin spot are good, but it’s hard to get past the sourcing
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 24/09/2026
New website provides details of greenways across Ireland A new website promoting Ireland's greenways -- mostly rural shared walking and cycling routes -- has been launched by the Department of Transport....
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New website provides details of greenways across Ireland
A new website promoting Ireland's greenways -- mostly rural shared walking and cycling routes -- has been launched by the Department of Transport. Greenways.gov.ie includes route information and maps for most of Ireland's longer greenways. The website includes details such as the distance, elevation, estimated travel times, the surface finish of the greenways, and the facilities available along different parts of routes, including public transport access, park and ride and toilets.
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Conn Donovan @conndonovan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Peregrine Falcons on the North Cathedral this morning
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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Update: new footpaths installed. Absolutely fine job but in no way respects the Architectural Conservation (ACA) or the heritage value of the original limestone kerbs. We should expect better. #Cork
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Niall Leahy SJ @nlsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Listening to the inspirational @tomflood.bsky.social speak to a packed TCD theatre in Dublin last night I realised 1. We need to put children at the centre of our transport systems. GIVE KIDS THE FREEDOM TO CYCLE TO SCHOOL THE WAY WE USED TO
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our cities are already unbearably hot as a result of fossil fuel use causing global warming. Turns out that Energy-Eating Data Centers are now not only burning more fossil fuels, but also emitting their OWN additional heat on to their unsuspecting neighbors? Wow. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Raising livestock for products such as meat, dairy & eggs causes 12.5% of the world’s total GHG emissions. With ~$299 billion worth of such products exported globally every year, accountability for emissions & their costs to society travels along supply chains to importers & consumers worldwide. 👇
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Global livestock emissions burden society with costs as high as USD 2.1 trillion every year - Zero Carbon Analytics
Raising livestock to produce animal products for consumption causes 12.5% of global annual GHG emissions. Working with carbon pricing, new analysis estimates the financial burden of livestock emission...
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