Paul Price
@swimsure.bsky.social
Research: climate change science & policy.
Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
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Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
🚲 🏊
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Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
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Pod of this week’s Last Word on environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available. We did a wrap-up on highs & (mostly) lows of #Cop30, plus we discussed why Iceland is making emergency preparations for possible AMOC shutdown - why isn’t Ireland doing likewise?
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Good Cop Or Bad Cop? Did Cop 30 Achieve Anything For Climate Action
John Gibbons joins The Last Word to give his assessment of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil.Catch the full chat by pressing the...
www.todayfm.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pod of this week’s Last Word on environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available. We did a wrap-up on highs & (mostly) lows of #Cop30, plus we discussed why Iceland is making emergency preparations for possible AMOC shutdown - why isn’t Ireland doing likewise?
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I spoke to Pat Kenny earlier about the derogation decision
'In theory, we should only get the derogation on the condition that it not impact on water quality. We’re not holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven’t for decades '
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
'In theory, we should only get the derogation on the condition that it not impact on water quality. We’re not holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven’t for decades '
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
EU commission recommends an extension to Ireland's nitrates derogation | Newstalk
Michael McGrath has said the European Commission has recommended to extend the nitrates derogatio...
www.newstalk.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I spoke to Pat Kenny earlier about the derogation decision
'In theory, we should only get the derogation on the condition that it not impact on water quality. We’re not holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven’t for decades '
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
'In theory, we should only get the derogation on the condition that it not impact on water quality. We’re not holding up our end of the bargain, and we haven’t for decades '
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Dr. @elainemcgoff.bsky.social:
"This derogation decision is meant to be based on science, but the evidence is very clear that we have a serious nitrogen pollution problem in Ireland & the measures we’re putting in place to address that are not working”
Yet again agri power trumps pollution reality.
"This derogation decision is meant to be based on science, but the evidence is very clear that we have a serious nitrogen pollution problem in Ireland & the measures we’re putting in place to address that are not working”
Yet again agri power trumps pollution reality.
Water quality key condition as appeal to extend nitrates derogation goes to vote
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Water quality key condition as appeal to extend nitrates derogation goes to vote
European Commission proposed granting Government’s request to continue derogation from nitrates regulations
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Dr. @elainemcgoff.bsky.social:
"This derogation decision is meant to be based on science, but the evidence is very clear that we have a serious nitrogen pollution problem in Ireland & the measures we’re putting in place to address that are not working”
Yet again agri power trumps pollution reality.
"This derogation decision is meant to be based on science, but the evidence is very clear that we have a serious nitrogen pollution problem in Ireland & the measures we’re putting in place to address that are not working”
Yet again agri power trumps pollution reality.
How about we never have any flags of any kind on our lampposts?
Flag wars: the battles in local communities over Tricolours
Flag wars: the battles in local communities over Tricolours
Anti-immigration campaigners and antiracism activists are flying or removing flags across the country and arguing about what it all means
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How about we never have any flags of any kind on our lampposts?
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REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
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That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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Once an ignorant, money-driven, capitalist - always an ignorant, money-driven capitalist
This buffoon has no idea of the climate storm that is coming
And if he thinks Canada will dodge it he is very much mistaken
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This buffoon has no idea of the climate storm that is coming
And if he thinks Canada will dodge it he is very much mistaken
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations
Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide opposition
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Once an ignorant, money-driven, capitalist - always an ignorant, money-driven capitalist
This buffoon has no idea of the climate storm that is coming
And if he thinks Canada will dodge it he is very much mistaken
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This buffoon has no idea of the climate storm that is coming
And if he thinks Canada will dodge it he is very much mistaken
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Just two hours to go to the Irish Book Awards gala event in Dublin’s Convention Centre, suited up and nearly ready to head into town.
Thrilled to be among the six books Shortlisted for the non-fiction Book of the Year, here’s to a fun evening…
Thrilled to be among the six books Shortlisted for the non-fiction Book of the Year, here’s to a fun evening…
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just two hours to go to the Irish Book Awards gala event in Dublin’s Convention Centre, suited up and nearly ready to head into town.
Thrilled to be among the six books Shortlisted for the non-fiction Book of the Year, here’s to a fun evening…
Thrilled to be among the six books Shortlisted for the non-fiction Book of the Year, here’s to a fun evening…
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
So I turned off AI in Gmail settings.
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So I turned off AI in Gmail settings.
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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I should add that current projections are for an *exceedance* of IE carbon budget 2 (2026-2030) of 40-60%. It is simply not credible to suggest we can haul that back and *also* expand the data center sector. (Conversely: AI bubble burst and data centre *contraction* could actually help... 😬)
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I should add that current projections are for an *exceedance* of IE carbon budget 2 (2026-2030) of 40-60%. It is simply not credible to suggest we can haul that back and *also* expand the data center sector. (Conversely: AI bubble burst and data centre *contraction* could actually help... 😬)
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However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
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In cybersecurity, we talk about social engineering: taking advantage of social norms and human empathy to gain unwarranted access to sensitive systems.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In cybersecurity, we talk about social engineering: taking advantage of social norms and human empathy to gain unwarranted access to sensitive systems.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
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It should be our collective priority to bring all #Gaza’s children back to a learning environment after two years of war, trauma, and suffering.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It should be our collective priority to bring all #Gaza’s children back to a learning environment after two years of war, trauma, and suffering.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
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The hierarchy is clear: 75–85% of emission reductions through 2050 come from using less fossil fuel.
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The hierarchy is clear: 75–85% of emission reductions through 2050 come from using less fossil fuel.
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
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European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
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Ten years ago at #COP21 Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social was making climate reality very clear :
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
Report 9 from #COP21 - Wednesday December 9, 2015
Our ninth from Paul Price, a member of An Taisce's Climate Change Committee. Paul is a conservation carpenter with a MSc in Sustainable Development.
www.antaisce.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ten years ago at #COP21 Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social was making climate reality very clear :
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
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#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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