"So what if rights of nature are prone to performativity – is that necessarily a bad thing?" Very interesting new blog post by @ucc.ie doctoral researcher Julián Suárez elajucd.com/2025/04/14/s...

This is so ludicrous. The fact that the US is reneging on a pledge of a paltry $17m shows that not only is there no political backlash for climate inaction, but it's actually seen as a positive for the current administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #trump #spéirgorm #climate

We are over the moon that this is out, featuring chapters from the whole Property[in]Justice team and other brilliant scholars on #Empire, #history and #law. It's open access - so please enjoy! Thank you to @donalcoffey.bsky.social @maxplancklaw.bsky.social and everyone else who worked so hard!

They will reap the rewards of the positive press they received for the initial 'shift to renewables' for years to come. This announcement will be forgotten in a day or two. Criminals bbc.com/news/article...

Quite the judgment today from Judge Richard Humphries, at one point likening efforts by Bord Pleanála to limit their responsibilities re #climatecrisis to Nero fiddling while Rome burns. “an immediate end to business as usual is a precondition for planetary survival.” courts.ie/view/judgmen...

Does anyone on #spéirgorm know if Silvopastoral systems like this are being used in Ireland? I'm wondering if it would be as effective here. #climate #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/global-devel....

NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵

Must be an absolutely cracking night to be a status quo enthusiast #ge24 #spéirgorm

It’s 15 degrees today on the eve of December and I’m watching the Green Party get wiped out of government in #ge24. So sad to see only 4% of voters have the #climatecrisis as their top issue. #spéirgorm #climate

Irish Times exit poll shows immigration was the most important issue for six per cent of voters, climate most important for four per cent. Two issues within the margin of error of each other, but one received a disproportionate amount of coverage while the other was barely mentioned. #ge24

You know you’re voting in a small Irish constituency when your primary school polling station has a world map with Yugoslavia on it. #ge24 #spéirgorm

ICYMI: A contractor for Exxon hacked the emails of hundreds of environmentalists in order to harm legal cases brought against the oil giant.

Just a reminder to everyone going to the polls for #ge24 that cares about #climate - the debate this week proved that the main parties have no intention of greening their policies - if you want climate action, vote for it tomorrow. Voting for FF / FG / SF is voting for status quo climate policy.

It’s so disheartening to watch the only person not in government on the #leaderdebate and supposedly representing ‘change’, advocate for rolling back what meagre climate policies we have in place. #ge24 #spéirgorm

First contact between Fiadh and Honk.

‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels