‘Up to £9bn in value’ appears to be the figure Dalradian is putting on the goldmine now - so many questions. How is the value estimated? We oft see such figures bandied about with no real breakdown on where this value will be realised. For the company? Crown Estate? HMRC?

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

Couldn’t agree more. Daylight robbery of a country’s resources live on TV. God help us all

Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze #Climate

Happy new year💖 Wishing you a peaceful, plentiful and joyful 2026… and the resilience to face any tough times 🤗

Still, happy Christmas from #TheEarthsCorr and here's to a joyful 2026 open.substack.com/pub/theearth...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!! Now we need to see full steam ahead from the government in terms of procurement and approval processes. We've never been closer than we are now.

Who knew Shakespeare was an environmentalist?! 🤣 It's been a long, hard year for everyone. I hope you all have a lovely holiday catching up with friends and family. From mine to yours, happy Christmas x

Didn’t expect t a share on this yarn all this time later… still as relevant though

Couldn’t agree more

Cheap solar power for 22,000 homes vs an aristocrat’s ‘right’ to hunt wild animals 🤯

⏳"Time is scarce for all in academia; for postdocs, time is oxygen”. 📣In the latest piece published on #TheAuditorium (blog by @glasgow.ac.uk Research Culture & Researcher Development Team) we discuss the challenges of research communication as postdocs: shorturl.at/6vyJc #postdocs #researchstaff

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

"Ireland should be distancing itself from the US fossil fuel industry, rather than establishing new strategic relationships with it," says Professor Jennie C Stephens from @maynoothuniversity.ie. The gov is about to decide whether to tie Ireland to US LNG, or not www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Is this in reaction to Obama getting his own centre? 🙄

Irish farmers will be allowed to vaccinate cattle and sheep against bluetongue in 2026 following “four outbreaks” in Co Down, N Ireland. Minister Heydon made the announcement today, saying: “My objective has always been clear… to respond as effectively as possible, and reduce any disease impact.

🔴 2 more cases of suspected bluetongue discovered in Co Down bringing total farms impacted to 4. Surveillance uncovered the cases on another farm near Greyabbey say @daera-ni.gov.uk. Temporary control zone not being expanded. Minister Muir says “emergence of fourth suspect case.. disappointing"

Bluetongue is continuing to spread in Northern Ireland, with two more suspected cases according to @daera-ni.gov.uk. They said the two Co Down control zones have become one, given the new investigation is within the area. It is hoped winter will stop midges spreading the disease

After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation. Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc. This is incredibly undemocratic.

So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Remarkable decision given only last week Ireland was successfully convicted by the ECJ for not implementing the Water Framework Directive and the deteriorating state of our waterways

NEW: A5 case continues at Belfast Court of Appeal but @daera-ni.gov.uk has been told it can submit on climate to the judge who originally halted the road at a lower court on Monday, I understand. It is intervening in support of @deptinfra.bsky.social Legal eagles - what on Earth is going on?

People across the island of Ireland want clean beaches, pristine lakes and rivers - and both governments are catastrophically failing them theearthscorr.substack.com/p/opinion-da...

Irish-founded PR firm Teneo - which incidentally repped #COP29Azerbaijan - is at the centre of a strategy by US fossil fuel giants to obstruct EU climate policy, reports @desmog.com

🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social

Lawsuit challenges rules that give wide discretion to Pentagon chief Hegseth to oust journalists over coverage.

Further 44 Northern Ireland cattle suspected to have #bluetongue virus after BTV-3 was confirmed in two members of a Co Down herd. Minister @AndrewMuirNI says plans are in place for further testing on other farms within the 20km temp control zone. Bluetongue can be deadly...

You ever just wish governments would call a spade a spade? ‘Changing weather patterns’ should clearly read ‘the climate crisis’ below. If we’re ever to have any hope of cutting greenhouse gases, politicians need to get serious and call it out at every opportunity! #fixedit

#Bluetongue Virus's arrival in Ireland is a #climate change story as well as an animal welfare concern. Endemic in sub-tropics, but unheard of in Europe until the late '90s. Changing humidity and temperature allowed the infected midges to survive in ever more northerly areas. Graphic: WOAH

In case you missed it, I've set up a substack where I keep you up to date with my latest environmental journalism from NI/Ireland. Would really appreciate a wee follow 🥰💚 theearthscorr.substack.com

Environment charity @foe_ni reiterates call for independent environmental protection agency in Northern Ireland after @OfficeforEP launches sewage pollution probe open.substack.com/pub/theearth...

I first reported in October 2024 how decades of sewage underfunding means pollution flows into Belfast Lough ‘every time it rains’. Read the latest on the issue here 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theearth...

Another disappointing #UNClimate conference… you wouldn’t think the climate crisis was at all urgent #COP30

Two years ago it was the Habitats Directive, now the European Court of Justice has found that Ireland hasn't bothered implementing the Water Framework Directive either! swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...

Very excited to be leading a few panels at the @businesspost.bsky.social #EVsummit2025 at the RDS in Dublin today. There are some amazing machines on display, proving just about anything can be electrified #NetZero #climatecrisis #transport #Ireland

Every reporter who speaks to republicans should be asking if they defend a President calling a female reporter “piggy”.

IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index. Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...

Over the past few days AI has given me a few wrong answers on Google. Check this one search, with and without AI, you get completely opposing answers. You can bypass Google AI by following your search with ‘-ai’. AI seems to side with what businesses say without question

More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration

Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse. Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms? share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...

As family lore would have it, my great grandfather (a Monaghan McKenna), oft heard the banshee. The purveyor of cures… he also predicted the death of locals after hearing her wails. On the night of his untimely death, it was no different… but he declined to give his wife a name..

It's a no brainer youtu.be/4BG8CAd8W4M?...

An absolutely *brilliant* day for Ireland. Now the left needs to show it can, despite differences, work together to provide a numerically viable alternative to FF-FG business-as-usual at the next Dáil election. It could not be more needed, by people, nature, + climate. share.google/fJWMLLln1VXd...

Public to be advised how to survive 72 hours without services in plan for next Storm Éowyn www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes, but apparently it's still possible for experienced financial journalists to write long-ish articles about exploding home insurance prices and never mention the phrase "climate change." www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

“This is the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957 and is well in excess of the 2022–2023 increase of 2.3 ppm.” Global carbon sinks buckling as pollution overwhelms Earth’s capacity to absorb our impacts. ☠️ www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

“From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy In Ireland data centres consume more than 20% of the country’s electricity… authorities have limited new data centers in the Dublin area because of “significant risk” to power supplies” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

Wild Belfast, Queen’s University planners and some in the council hope to make Belfast the first national park city on the island of Ireland… A series of public conversations kick off this evening in the city centre. Find out more here 👇 open.substack.com/pub/theearth...