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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 2d

Fair play to #CatherineConnolly team who just sent a lovely reply to my request for info and a resource pack of her climate & environment interventions for students in my Climate Policy & Politics module. 🙌

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 3d

Helpful! Thanks!

Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 3d

I've listened to 3 presidential debates so far & learned nothing on candidates' position on climate. I've even emailed to ask them this & have yet to receive replies. Anyone else feel same?

@rte.ie @virginmedianews.bsky.social @heatherhumphries.bsky.social @catherineconnolly.bsky.social

a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' .

ALT: a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' .

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 12d

Just saw Pete Hegseth's ridiculous speech to US military and, for the first time since my father (USAF Colonel) died 5 years ago, I am relieved he is not alive to see what a mockery is being made of the the cause he dedicated his life too. 😔

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 15d

This is a good summary of healing words of @barackobama.bsky.social in Dublin last night, but fails to mention what struck me most: #climatechange comprised at least 20% of the conversation & was first issue mentioned as priority for #ObamaFoundation. 💚

#BarackObama

www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...

'Unacceptable' to ignore human crisis in Gaza - Obama

Former US president Barack Obama has said there is no military rationale right now for continuing to pummel what is already broken in Gaza, and he said it was unacceptable to ignore the human crisis t...

www.rte.ie

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 17d

Awww. Love this! My 15yr old and I can't wait to see you in Dublin!!

Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 26d

If you are at the National Ploughing Championship today, come say hello!

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Aug 29

On the 20yr anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina, I dusted off my 2017 blog after my last trip to my former home of NOLA. It still holds up!
www.caraaugustenborg.com/latest-news/...

What it means to miss New Orleans: An environmentalist’s view growing up below the sea

Here's my version of heaven. #NOLA #Brass #Jazz pic.twitter.com/93pvkSxFUZ

www.caraaugustenborg.com

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you @yurikageyama.bsky.social for a feel good story amid the gloom. I have a bug loving kid here in Ireland, but they seem to be a rare breed here! A culture of bug loving kids sounds like just what the world needs. 🐛🪲🐞

Yuri Kageyama @yurikageyama.bsky.social · Aug 8

My @apnews.com Story and My AP Photos today
apnews.com/article/inse...

The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The Tale of Genji” to popular ...

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Aug 2

You forgot "removed endangerment finding underpinning all climate regulations" apnews.com/live/donald-...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 13

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Jun 28

You win best BlueSky post of the day!

Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Jun 23

I am so disappointed this is a view from Democratic party. Do better.

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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · May 26

Good morning! ☀️

We are looking for a researcher (or research team) to support an exciting new report on how clean flexibility solutions can replace fossil gas. More info below 👇

Please share with your networks and/or names of any suitable candidates.

Merci!

beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor...

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Shauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · May 8

🚨2 years after Irish gov launched €15m Shared Island sports club EV charger scheme, none have been fitted.
Now a report warns the delays pose a ‘reputational risk’ to government climate initiatives
@caugustenborg.bsky.social @irishnews.com @ucddublin.bsky.social
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Sports clubs ‘frustrated’ by long delay to EV chargers promised under €15m Shared Island scheme

Academic report warns delays in the process pose a ‘reputational risk’ to government climate initiatives

www.irishnews.com

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · May 7

Our application period is still open for those seeking environmental policy training in a beautiful English-speaking EU country! Feel free to get in touch to learn more!

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · May 7

In today's Irish Times, my perspective as a former Fulbright scholar and current Programme Director for University College Dublin Environmental Policy MSc programme, where we are seeing significant increases in US/international applicant numbers this year.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and students

Europe may benefit as Trump’s campaign against Ivy League colleges is causing academics to consider emigrating

www.irishtimes.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Apr 19

Sign of the day…

The wrong ICE is melting
The wrong Amazon is burning

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Apr 19

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Apr 14

Not so fun fact: Every hour a person spends in space emits the same climate harming pollution as 2,000-4,600 people on earth (source link below), but today I heard Katy Perry say "everyone should do this to help them love themselves" 🙄

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Apr 14

Here's a first look at sea surface temperature data from the new NOAA ERSSTv6 dataset... this animation shows the yearly anomalies over the last 100 years.

Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb...

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Apr 11

Holey moley.

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Apr 7

Couldn't have picked a nicer day for a field trip with my UCD MSc Environmental Policy students! Thanks to Baron Randal Plunkett for the personal tour of his novel ecosystem & beautiful estate at Dunsany Castle- to inspire our own campus biodiversity efforts back home!

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Mar 26

Even harder to believe that she referred to it as "onerous" job today!

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · Mar 24

I thought her most powerful sentence was that we have no right to give up hope as long as the Palestinians still have it. 🙏

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