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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 19h

Oh yes, and there are still people with energy to spare to give out about the Greens (who are gone from government now and really can't do anything to anyone anymore)
. . . instead of giving hell to the rich people's party and the big ag party for leading us into their Neo Liberal wet dream. Ugh

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 19h

They were . . .less than perfect, we all piled on them and now they're gone and we only have FFFG to blame for regressing just about any environmentally and socially progressive initiatives.
I wonder about how that played out a lot.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 1d

If you do nothing for Nature but one thing this week - get onto your email and let your public representative have it - this clear- felling of native Irish woodland can't be let stand.

Clear-felling not only destroyed some of the very few native trees left in Ireland, but a whole habitat with it.

Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 1d

Another significant environmental crime

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

jrnl.ie/6805578

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.

jrnl.ie

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 3d

In addition to being totally pathetic, he's also completely wrong.
EPA polls consistently show that the vast majority, across all ages, incomes , urban or rural, all want the government to take action.
So by polarising, he must mean that Micheal o Leary,Amazon, and Tirlan don't want it

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 4d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 7d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 8d

Buying land for "rewilding" is looking more and more a nice save way for rich people to secure their food supply in a climate chaotic future

C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 10d

What do you know about crowd that bought the land "Oxygen"?

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 14d

Billionaire media

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 14d

Anyone on #Speirgorm keeping score of the presidential candidates' debate?

#irishpresident

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 18d

Defines what we're up against nicely

Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 20d

The combustion risks are growing for human society as a result of the climate crisis.

So beware the incendiary rhetoric of Musk, Trump, Thiel and other super-rich fire starters.

My latest take on the link between extreme weather and extreme politics.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand - billionaires like Musk are pushing both

Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone

www.theguardian.com

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 18d

Time to turn up pressure - many people here are asking for better protection for our seas.
(And land habitats)

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 19d

From the Marcellus Shale Field to the Shannon Estuary: Appalachia, Ireland and the Fossil Gas Trade

Event in Patagonia Dublin, and online:

We're going live with our Pittsburgh Store who support their local community who are impacted by fracking

fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com

From the Marcellus Shale Field to the Shannon Estuary: Appalachia, Ireland, and the Fossil Gas Trade

Europe

fromthemarcellusshalefieldtoth.splashthat.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26d

As the Irish Minister for Agriculture vows to fight for the right to keep filling rivers with levels of agri-pollutants illegal in the rest of the EU, results show a massive leap of 16% in a single year.

Whoever told them it was okay to turn OUR rivers into open sewers?
share.google/k7hbDw2O4shX...

Fertiliser pollution of Irish rivers is getting worse - at a really bad time for the government

It comes just as the government is seeking an extension to Ireland’s nitrates derogation.

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 25d

Under the surface — how nitrates affect freshwater ecosystems and how we're failing to protect them

An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo

Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · 29d

Full on denial, and it will probably be applied to the farming sector next week

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Climate Conversations 2025 survey is now open. The government is asking people to share their views on building a more sustainable future!

Some of the questions are poorly designed and risk encouraging climate science denial, so it's vital that strong, evidence-based voices are heard!

Climate Conversations 2025 Consultation

www.gov.ie

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Sep 5

Or eightballs. . .

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Economist needs to Google "Trains" and "Transport Efficiency" and then sit down and cry in their beers.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Sep 5

What a birthday present!

Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.

C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Sep 4

New book by @thinkorswim.bsky.social out today!

Unapologetic, concise, this should blow away a few cobwebs

John Gibbons: Ireland had a 'Goldilocks' climate - but we've been killing Goldilocks jrnl.ie/6805207

John Gibbons: Ireland had a 'Goldilocks' climate - but we've been killing Goldilocks

Climate writer John Gibbons shares an extract from his new book about how Ireland risks ruining our ‘climatic sweet spot’.

jrnl.ie

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Aug 30

The far right have joined the bike-lash?
Or they've been there all the time but finally showing their colours by their methods.

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Aug 30

Entitlement breeds psychosis- discuss

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C Volkmann @sailshipearth.bsky.social · Aug 29

Chisel this in stone.
The way we're going, nobody in 50 years time will have access to the information required to understand and deal with the sudden changes our winters and summers will see.

Or break the Fossil Industries hold on our leaders now.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · Aug 28

Climate Conversations are a vital ingredient in a sustainable and resilient movement for change. When we come together, we can keep that momentum going!✊🏽🌍

Walk-ins are welcome!

cuppaforclimate.splashthat.com

Text on graphic: Join us for a Cuppa for Climate Breakfast. A coffee morning with a difference. Date and time: Sunday, August 31 - 10:30am. Location: Patagonia Store, Dublin

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