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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · 2d

In 2022, Ireland held a national Children and Young People's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss with 35 randomly selected members aged 7–17 from the island of Ireland. Their report can be accessed here:
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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · 2d

Children from Ireland's Children and Young People's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss are speaking today at the UN Forum on Human Rights Democracy and the Rule of Law @unitednationsbk.bsky.social @unsrclimaterights.bsky.social @tconnellyrte.bsky.social Watch live at listen-live.unog.ch/en/meetings/...

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · Jul 21

🇬🇧🔋Who decides how local energy projects are run and how can communities get more involved?

Join our online Q&A with @breffnilennon.bsky.social to explore inclusive, people-centred participation.

👉 Learn about our #CommunityEnergy project and sign-up today: buff.ly/i77wI10

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Jul 1

In our new paper, we examine how collaborative learning can help practitioners identify & better understand the key barriers and drivers to citizen energy community formation that underscore people's attitudes towards, and participation in, a 'community'. t.co/ppcFqrIkri

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · May 25

"The idea of free speech as a universally accessible right satisfies the democratic ideal of equality while ignoring the material realities that make such equality unattainable"

How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech

And how we get it back.

www.thenation.com

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Apr 14

Interesting article outlining the (Japanese) conservative argument against nuclear power www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/...

The Conservative Argument Against Nuclear Power in Japan

Opposition to nuclear power in earthquake-prone Japan is often seen as the province of political progressives. But a former judge argues that conservative thinking should lead to the same conclusion: ...

www.nippon.com

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Apr 7

Major brands are quietly fueling fossil fuel expansion through plastics.

Explore how brands like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are driving the climate and plastics crises.

New investigation links Texas fracking to European plastics

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

www.euronews.com

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways #Indigenousknowledges

Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways

www.science.org

Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Mar 31

Trump is forging ahead with a new era of imperialism not seen since McKinley

Worldview: The history of the so-called Gilded Age in America reveals massacres, ethnic cleansing and inhumanity on an unthinkable scale

www.irishtimes.com

Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Mar 31

"Those of us who are willing to see what is under our noses know very well that what is happening in Gaza is an ongoing project of ethnic cleansing"

Mark O’Connell: The little boy lost his entire family. He just sits staring at the wall

Those of us who are willing to see what is under our noses know very well that what is happening now in Gaza is an ongoing project of ethnic cleansing

www.irishtimes.com

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · Mar 24

Animals, like caribou, that were common even a few decades ago are becoming rare. Next to the insect apocalypse, maybe the next most alarming biodiversity trend is the precipitous decline of once common, numerous species. 😟

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

2024 Arctic Report Card: Migratory Arctic caribou populations have fallen by 65%

Further warming will pose increasing challenges for caribou and the people who depend on them.

www.climate.gov

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Mar 21

The story of the first all-Ireland mapping survey 200 years ago. New #RTEBrainstorm podcast based on piece by @catsporter.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social & @profkdlilley.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social & voiced by Erik Threlfall www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The story of the first all-Ireland mapping survey 200 years ago

Disputes were common and informants often disagreed when the townlands we're familiar with today were created

www.rte.ie

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Mar 22

"Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people" we have the knowledge, we just need the will to reverse #BiodiversityCollapse and the #ClimateCrisis

Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways

www.science.org

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Feb 12

Scientists in the UK say a recent methane-related conspiracy theory was “a wake-up call” for the industry, reminding them they need to communicate better and more directly with the public.

Conspiracy theory on methane-cutting cow feed a ‘wake-up call’, say scientists

Social media storm of misinformation about Bovaer has drawn in Reform UK, the dairy industry and even Bill Gates

www.theguardian.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Feb 10

Irish environment groups condemn EU cash row as defunding attempt by right-wing MEPs

Acrimonious dispute unfolding over whether European Commission should fund organisations that lobby European Union institutions

www.irishtimes.com

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Jan 21

Plans for a greenway linking Kinsale and Cork city could see the abandoned Goggin's Hill tunnel come back into use

The story behind Cork’s abandoned railway tunnel

Plans for a greenway linking Kinsale and Cork city could see the abandoned Goggin's Hill tunnel come back into use. Local historian John O'Sullivan ...

www.echolive.ie

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Jan 13

Interesting article on the potential positive impacts of solar farms in desert environments, particularly in relation to microclimate by Wu et al. 2024

Assessment of the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Assessment of the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Jan 2

When Russians attack Ukrainian solar farms, they're back up inside of 7 days.
Same level of damage at a fossil fuel plant: 4 months to repair
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Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Maxim Timchenko, who runs the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts showing how much new electricity his company has brought onl...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 2

President Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.

Biden Expected to Permanently Ban Oil Drilling in Some Federal Waters

The move, expected as early as Monday, relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the Trump administration to reverse it.

www.nytimes.com

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Dec 26

Watching Na Lumière Gaelacha on @tg4.bsky.social about the Horgan Brothers of Youghal. Absolutely gorgeous television

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Dec 26

New York State is the twelfth-largest economy on earth, and now it's going to demand that Big Oil pay for the climate damages it has caused. This is how the tobacco industry met its match
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A (successful) test of the state-by-state approach!

A day-after-Christmas present for the planet from Albany, New York

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Dec 23

Looking for some new reading for the new year? While hardcopies of our new book on energy citizenship will be available Jan 2025, the ebook version has already landed! You can download it for free at: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Energy Citizenship

This open access book develops a deeper understanding of what is an increasingly applied term across policy cycles and academic discourses

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Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · Dec 6

Open letter calling on the European Commission to reintroduce dedicated social science and humanities research in their energy and decarbonization-related calls, and strengthen the role of these disciplines in future research programmes...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 6

What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers | Devi Sridhar

New research challenges us to look beyond the event to the devastating long-term impacts. Governments must take note The devastation of hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis or tornadoes is often conveyed by how many people have been injured or killed. And…

www.theguardian.com

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Breffní Lennon @breffnilennon.bsky.social · Nov 26

Our recent article – Sustaining energetic communities: energy citizenship and participation in an age of upheaval and transition – explores current opportunities and barriers around energy community formation in the EU www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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