Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment now available. Had an in-depth discussion with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social around land use, including some radical ideas for how Ireland can become less food-insecure as #climate change bites. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

In case anyone was in any doubt: agri-industry lobbyists (including the IFA) are working hard to accelerate biodiversity collapse & #climate breakdown in pursuit of short term profits. It’s what they do. And Irish politicians know-tow to them at every turn. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

There’s cryptic newspaper headlines, then there’s this, from today’s Examiner.

Am due on the Last Word on the environment with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social very shortly. We’ll discuss calls for a national dialogue on land use, Denmark’s radical agri plans, plus why has RCP8.5 been scrapped as a #climate scenario?

Great evening celebrating Bastille Day in the French embassy yesterday, good opportunity to catch up with lots of familiar faces. (shame about the football).

Ever get the feeling that we’re just exiting the Oops phase of #climate change?

Reminder: world’s oceans absorb 90% of global warming; this massive heat buffer is now almost completely saturated. 🚨 “Nearly 40% of oceans worldwide undergoing marine heatwaves, with intense hot patches in Mediterranean Sea & Pacific Ocean >10F hotter than usual”. grist.org/climate/heat...

'He compared shock at increasingly “unprecedented” wildfires to someone climbing a mountain being surprised each day they had reached a new height. “If they continue climbing, they will almost certainly say exactly the same thing again tomorrow.”' #FossilFuelled www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Grim reminder of acute vulnerability of intensive livestock systems to soaring global temperatures, not to mention the hellish conditions suffered by so many animals. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Proof that hard work and a good attitude really does pay off: one lucky Irish-based CEO earned a cool €110,000 an HOUR last year. So what if people can’t afford housing or to meet their basic needs, the system is working exactly as it was designed. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Such a confusing time, trying to figure out whether this is as a result of corruption, rank stupidity, or in Kemi’s case, a generous dollop of both.

Outdoor workers need new regulations to protect from having to labour in dangerously high temperatures, as I discussed on The Last Word with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social this evening. Podcast of full episode below. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM coming up very shortly. We’ll discuss NI #pollution report, EPA #climate study, latest Euro #heatwaves - and more.

Had a chat with@radiodeclan on East Coast FM earlier to discuss EPA #climate report plus European heatwave(s)

The literal scum of the Earth, a nation that celebrates murderers and wallows in pure Apartheid racism. And yet the”West” still defends & arms these merciless assassins. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Am on Shannonside Radio very shortly to debate the fiasco that is one-off houses with a Fine Gael TD.

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social now available. We discussed Dutch solar, plus AC usage as #climate change bites - and more. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

Lots of outdoor advertising to promote The Last Word with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social visible from the Dart. Am en route to studio for this week’s Environment slot, returning after annual leave. Topics include IFAC #climate report, air-con usage across EU, Dutch #solar success - and more.

“This is about throwing away the rule book”. Full podcast of last night’s discussion on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social around loosening the rules on one-off housing is now available (it starts exactly 22 minutes into clip below) open.spotify.com/episode/6FFr...

Enjoyed poking a few holes in the government’s plans to have a free-for-all when it comes to one-off rural housing on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social this evening.

Looking forward to addressing why one-off housing in Ireland is problematic, on so many levels, on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social from around 10.30 tonight.

Thoughts and prayers for Daily Telegraph readers: the paper that routinely tells them #climate change isn’t real or isn’t important now tells them this non-issue is going to wipe TRILLIONS off their pensions.

Ever wonder how AI systems can collate and regurgitate such vast tranches of information? Easy: they STEAL the work of countless thousands of writers, academics, journalists and media outlets and monetise it as their own. newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...

Just finished an interview with Adrian Kennedy on LMFM discussing killer heatwaves across Europe; will be on East Coast FM around 11.30 today on the same topic of #climate fuelled global heating.

Despite being a lot smaller than Ireland, the Netherlands has already deployed 15 times more solar PV capacity than us, with plans to quadruple this in the years ahead, as I discovered on a recent visit. My report is in today’s @businesspost.bsky.social www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

Alarm set for early start & cross-country drive to Galway #Climate Festival tomorrow morning. Will be in the Big Top Festival Tent from 11-12 to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND in a public interview with Dr Patrick Collins, UCG. Drop by if you're in town. galwayclimatefestival.ie/the-lie-of-t...

“A breathtakingly honest and explosive account of Ireland’s dilemma with the #climate crisis”. Great review of ‘The Lie of the Land’ by Dr Sean Owens of @irishdocsenv.bsky.social medium.com/@irishdocsen...

This fact needs to be front and centre in how we report on these ever more frequent and severe weather events, but sadly and despite the overwhelming evidence of #climate impacts, it’s still barely mentioned. www.businessgreen.com/news/4531807...

My letter to the editor this morning on the Irish media's coverage of heat waves. The media must stop framing extreme heat as a leisure opportunity and connect the dots between the climate crisis and worsening heatwaves.

What he said. 👇🏻👇🏻

Delighted to be taking part in the Galway #Climate Festival on Saturday morning, in an interview with Dr Patrick Collins, UCG to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND and Ireland's readiness - or otherwise - to face climate breakdown. #ClimateInspirationsFestival galwayclimatefestival.ie/the-lie-of-t...

The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train.

The irony-o-meter just exploded.

Absolutely crazy June temperatures across western Europe in the coming days. 44C in Bordeaux, 40C in Paris 🥵🥵

Horrific. Hardly a day passes without some new act of wanton Israeli terror.

Another dark day for journalism, accountability and transparency in Ireland.

My review of ‘Farming in Ireland: Crisis and #Climate’ by Pat Breteton is in today’s Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King were persecuted as “terrorists” by the same establishment that today arms & justifies the next generation of genocidal racists, while criminalising those trying to stop the slaughter. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

You can have billionaires/trillionaires or you can have a liveable planet with a fair crack of humanity surviving the next few decades. You sure as hell can’t have both.

Sign of the (changing) times: just pulled into this “petrol” station in Belgium, only to find 50% of the bays are now supplying high-speed EV charging.

Great headline to capture the enduring legacy of this omnicidal tyrant, sorry, successful fossil fuel industry tycoon. heatmap.news/daily/lee-ra...

So many different philosophies around transport in & around Amsterdam. This snap captures three; cycling dominates the inner urban area, with electric mini-cars surprisingly popular too. Further out, it’s the usual mix of regular cars and panzers, like the one to the right here.

Rush hour, Amsterdam-style.

We often label fossil fuel firms as #climate criminals (and they are) but spare a thought for the bankers without whose mega-funding this would not be possible. They are every bit as criminally culpable. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Iran is ruled by a truly odious regime, that has killed many of its own citizens, yet compared with genocidal maniacs ruling Israel, they are mere amateurs. Israel richly deserves to experience everything that has happened to Gaza, and to suffer as they have. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Lunchtime student rush hour in Waginengen University, Netherlands, today.

Travel by ferry is certainly much lower emissions than flying, but here’s a reminder of the filthy fuels that still power almost all maritime transport

Not exactly Saving Private Ryan, but find myself landing in Normandy, by boat, on… June 6th (en route to Holland, but that’s another story)

I attended American Diabetes Association conference in Boston in 2014 as a member of the press. Fast forward 12 years and, shockingly, America has fallen to far-right thugs. Like the Nazis they’re modelled on, US fascists target academia & free speech. Resistance is crucial.

Bumper edition of the Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper today on Today FM, pod below. Topics included illegal peat mining, ocean research scrapped; PHEVs far worse on emissions than reported www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...