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Ruaidhri O'Boyle

@roboyle.bsky.social
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'Environmental consciousness begins with confronting your own anthropocentrism.' @extinctsymbol (Twitter), 19/1/19 Born: 339 CO2 ppm. Antinatalist, because I care.

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 01/10/2026
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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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧵 Read Gav’s short thread. If what Brian Kerr says is accurate, and it rings true, we are into a new and worse phase.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
European Union countries gave more subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewable energy in 2024 (latest data) #energycrisis energy.ec.europa.eu/news/energy-...
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Energy subsidies report highlights further reduction in 2024
Total energy subsidies in the EU in 2024 amounted to €340 billion, 5% down on 2023 and significantly lower (-25%) than at the height of the crisis in 2022 (€ 457 billion), according to a new Report on...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why is the FAI worried about an unknown, likely exaggerated, punishment from UEFA for doing the right thing and yet the Israeli FA can throw out lies, insults and threats with no consequences? It is unthinkable that Ireland fulfils these games, the FAI must boycott, it's not too late #StopTheGames
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Role of agri minister and his officials is largely for handshakes & photo ops; the real decision-making is in hands of senior agri-PLC executives & farming lobbyists” My take in today’s @irishtimes.com. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great news, well done to RTÉ for maintaining its principled stand in not participating in or broadcasting Eurovision 2027 due to apartheid Israel’s participation. It took a lot of work to get to this position last year. Now let's see the FAI cancel the Nations League games. #FreePalestine
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 16/09/2026
The National Transport Authority has confirmed that bus and train fare hikes will lead to fewer people using public transport. An Oireachtas committee was told that for every 10% fare increase, passenger numbers fall 3%. jrnl.ie/7164363
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NTA confirms that bus and train fare hikes will lead to fewer people using public transport
The NTA said for every 10% fare increase, passenger numbers fall 3%.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“For decades the Department of Agriculture has operated as though it were a branch office of the Irish Farmers’ Association, its instincts bent reliably towards the producer and away from the consumer, the environment and the taxpayer.” Hard to argue with that 😟 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
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The Irish Times view on farming and politics: unhealthily close
For decades the Department of Agriculture has operated as though it were a branch office of the Irish Farmers’ Association
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
'We missed the 1.5c target so that means it's too late to stop climate change' Ah, we missed the 'zero road deaths' target this year. What a shame. Time to take the hummer out, squeeze my eyes shut and smash the accelerator in a pedestrian zone. Come on people, let's make some sense here
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shocking , but true; those suffering the worst impacts of #climate breakdown have done little or nothing to fuel the crisis. That’s on the wealthy 10%, which includes the majority of people living in Ireland. www.carbonbrief.org/two-thirds-o...
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Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ - Carbon Brief
Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions of the wealthiest 10%.
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The United States was the only United Nations member state in the world that voted against a United Nations General Assembly resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true relative size of continents and countries.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 05/09/2026
What a loss - had only got an advance copy of his new book on modern Irish scandals and was hoping to have him on a Monday panel soon. What a body of work he leaves. Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, has died www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, has died
McDonald’s reporting on planning corruption was pioneering in Irish journalism, and he regularly reported from abroad on climate negotiations
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turnercartoons.bsky.social @turnercartoons.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
'There is an absolute duty on Government to conduct an objective cost/benefit analysis of its policy of hosting a boundless number of data centres. Instead, all we’ve got is propaganda.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... #datacentres #climatecrisis
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Fintan O'Toole: Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t want
They have become a defining question everywhere – except Ireland. Why?
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you, Martyn Turner, you're a star.
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Government cannot ‘fund everything forever’: Bus and rail fare hikes of up to 35% confirmed" But they sure can fund and subsidies fossil fuels like no tomorrow.
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Irish bus and rail fare hikes of up to 35% are confirmed
It is envisaged increases of more than 30% on some tickets will take effect from January, says National Transport Authority
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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
With a team of nearly 300 divers, we removed: • >500 pounds of lead • hundreds of feet of line • multiple hooks from the mouth of this young nurse shark accumulated in one year under a *single fishing pier*. You don’t hate fishing enough.
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Plant Based News @plantbasednews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"You're vegan? What what you do if you stranded with only a pig?" Me: "probably have a more intelligent conversation than this."
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28/08/2026
How are our glaciers around the world doing? 😢 Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Line graph time series of cumulative glacier mass balance relative to 1970 for the period of 1950 to 2025. There is a long-term decreasing trend through the entire time series. Data from https://wgms.ch/global-glacier-state/.
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We're now living the climate crisis we were warned about decades ago. Our condolences and solidarity to the Tibetan and Nepali people and fellow healthcare colleagues as they deal with the human and health cost of climate change. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 356
Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The social contract with farmers is breaking down. The public will not continue supporting one bail out after another just to maintain business as usual. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Farming bailouts a barrier to climate-resilient food system
Farmers need and deserve wide public support however that support is under increasing strain and will not last while the focus of the industry is on maintaining business as usual
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Emily Cassidy @enviroem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
People are always surprised to learn that packaging, processing, and transportation are almost always small contributors (<10%) of food-related GHG emissions. The TYPE of food we eat -- meat versus plants -- is a MUCH bigger factor.
Bar chart of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the lifecycle production of different foods. Beef and lamb are the highest emitting. Farm-level emissions and land use change emissions are the greatest contributors to lifecycle food emissions.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Housing crisis? Nope. Cost of living crisis? Nah. Infrastructure creaking? Shrug. #Climate crisis? Nonsense. The REALLY urgent business of this government is giving tax cuts to high earners.
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Maria cassiopeiaknits @cassiopeiaknits.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@kevinclimate.bsky.social re. replacing petrol/diesel cars with EVs in the UK 'that's roughly a trillion Pounds on new electric cars...look at how often the car's used...about 96 % of the time they are idle...So society is going to spend one trillion pounds of its... 1/2
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Ex-Oil Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The impact of climate change is happening far faster than many of us expected 😐 Running nutrition through animals before humans get to it is a massively inefficient system. We’re codding ourselves if we think we can keep this up in perpetuity. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Farmers call for support over impact of high temperatures
Farming groups are calling for urgent supports from the Government over the impact of high temperatures on farmers' livelihoods.
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Climate TRACE @climatetrace.org · 13/08/2026
Actual emissions from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are frequently higher than official estimates from the EPA. That’s according to new research in @egu.eu which leveraged Climate TRACE cattle operations data. Read the report: bit.ly/4g96qco
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 13/08/2026
It really is remarkable that we’ve seen 35°C reached in 4 consecutive months, May, June, July, August, the previous record was 2. We’ve also now beaten 1995 for most days >30°C ever recorded. No other year since records began matches summer 2026. 🥵
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
frankly if any of us were blue sharks ( extremely beautiful and threatened marine species) I think we'd be entitled to defend ourselves - what an appalling 'sport' - should be banned and media reporting on this today disgraceful www.rte.ie/news/2026/08...
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Waterford shark bite victim 'scared for his life'
A man recovering in hospital after being bitten by a shark on a vessel off the coast of Co Waterford has said that he is okay and hopes to recover "quickly".
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Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Coming up next on RTE news: 'the man who survived a shark attack off the coast of waterford'... So misleading. But don't let the facts get in the way of the sensationalism... He attacked the shark first and got bitten. #TeamShark #SpeirGorm
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks
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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I've been fixing the cookie management system and cookie policy for @irishcycle.com, and I can safely say that the life is draining out of me.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Britain's wildfire danger may owe less to overly wild nature than to uplands that have become dry, stripped down, and more prone to catching fire" Exactly the same in Ireland. #rewilding must be the way forward! www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/r...
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In Britain, degraded peatlands may be fueling wildfires more than rewilding, analysis says
Intentional rewilding could turn neglected tinderboxes into wetter, more varied uplands that are harder to burn.
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Government have spent over a billion euro on fuel subsidies this year… yet have no room in the budget for new BusConnects phases, Luas expansions or Dart+ projects Opposition parties need to get their priorities straight
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Open letter to the Prime Minister on new North Sea drilling 📢 Prof. Kevin Anderson & other Tyndall Centre scientists at the University of Manchester have urged Andy Burnham to rule out further development of the Rosebank/Jackdaw fields: buff.ly/aGbyTqM
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Renewables are a lifeline our politicians are too cowardly to grasp
Every month that passes brings us another step closer to tragedy
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
After a month of drought, outside the forest the ground is dry and cracked. But within, there's still no shortage of water, and in many places footsteps quickly fill. By thoroughly removing natural ecosystems, we have removed the land's ability to regulate its own hydrology, and so much more.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
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The Irish Times view on Aughinish Alumina report: evasion dressed up as due process
Worrying gap between Minister’s statement and what is actually in report
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
'historic' lines being crossed - but yet the Irish Minister says its environmental NGOs who are'weaponising' climate law - ( he seems unaware that the real weapon is fossil fuels - and being weaponised by policies embedding oil and gas as an energy supply ) www.rte.ie/news/europe/... #climate
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'Historic situation' in France, Spain sees new fire front
Fire crews in France and Spain battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed as the unpredictable blazes advanced.
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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
During the green deal, the farm lobby killed the attempt to reduce farmers dependence on nitrogen fertiliser. Now the EU just spent 540 milion €, in one go, on extra fertiliser subsidies. This is money taken from taxpayers and handed to Russian and Gulf regimes.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
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The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Essential reading for anyone confused about the 'magical' biogenic Irish methane that allegedly doesn't lead to climate breakdown.
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A sad day for the planet. The Irish Minister for Climate Action 'delighted' that Dublin Airport can expand indefinitely and increase emissions in the midst of a catastrophic climate crisis.
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New from this week: Interrail and Eurail passes are now valid on Ouigo trains, both high-speed, classique and international Brussels-Paris, www.seat61.com/trains-and-r...
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Dr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New commentary is out: "Why pronatalism fails the planetary health test." Falling birth rates aren't the crisis, ignoring planetary boundaries is. doi.org/10.3197/whpj... #Pronatalism #PlanetaryHealth #PopulationAndSustainability #ReproductiveRights #EcologicalOvershoot #Biodiversity
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Excellent op-ed by @clarekelly.bsky.social @aideenod.bsky.social and Orla Kelleher - there are times in anyone's life when you need to call stop - #spéirghorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: The Government is trying to undermine climate laws. President Connolly could stop it
The potentially irreversible impacts of climate change will be experienced by our children and grandchildren
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Institute for Future Food Systems @iffs-earth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What does a diet that protects both your health and the planet look like? Almost no one is eating it yet. We checked dietary data from 12 countries against the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet. The pattern is strikingly universal. 🧵👇
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