Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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/...

🇬🇧🔋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

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

"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"

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

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.

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

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

"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"

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...

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...

"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

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.

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

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

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

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 apnews.com/article/ukra...

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.

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

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 billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-successf...

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-...

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... ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

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

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...