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Government advisors question data & rationale behind aspects of renewables policy - especially the cart before horse idea of growing data centre power demand in order to grow green energy supply. Taoiseach to convene forum to discuss the issues m.independent.ie/irish-news/gov…

Very disappointing to see this piece in the Farmer’s Journal. Disinformation alert. farmersjournal.ie/dempsey-at-lar…

Friends of the Irish Environment FIE News Service are taking judicial review proceedings against An Bord Pleanála's granting of planning permission to Shannon LNG for a power plant m.independent.ie/irish-news/sha…

Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds | Energy efficiency | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

It's the dilemma that won't go away - data centres eating up so much power there may be nothing left for new homes. But while the Government tries to assure it's all in hand, remarks by the sec gen of the Department of Energy suggest otherwise m.independent.ie/irish-news/pow…

Slido questions are being vetted to control the narrative within the Agriculture & Climate Conference. My question in limbo -The expansion of the dairy herd is the key driver of GHG emissions & water quality declines. Should we consider a targeted reduction in dairy cow numbers?

Marie Donnelly throws an apple into the #AgriClimate2025 conf saying ‘it’s all beef and dairy, beef and dairy. Do we even grow an apple in this country?’ To applause. In my opinion it’s v disappointing to see no discussion on tillage/arable w/in today’s discussions on CC in ag.

Interview with Predator Oil & Gas boss here: he wouldn't live beside an LNG facility because of safety concerns & says the reason big firms are interested in a small market like Ireland is to make it an LNG distribution hub for UK & Europe #fracking #LNG independent.ie/irish-news/gas…

Worth a listen back to today’s CountryWide . PBH is such a top notch interviewer. Also great to hear abt the on-farm efforts of Thomas Duffy to cut emissions on his farm & the challenges w/same. More Qs than answers on efforts of industry tho. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Why did the CRU say it didn't have legal powers to influence emissions from data centres when a High Court ruling strongly indicated otherwise? Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾 obtained records to try to find out m.independent.ie/irish-news/ene…

Paris could see temperatures of 45°C next week, taking into account the heat island effect, with tropical nights also. Europe and the Mediterranean are experiencing the fastest warming in recorded human history. Hard not to ask: what will 2035 look like at this rate?

Govt policy makes clear it wants a State-owned LNG facility - it isn't clear what that means for private LNG projects. Coimisiún Pleanála says it needs to know before it decides fate of Shannon LNG share.google/scS8VibI2iOWTd…

"It’s time for the Government to put in place a well thought through and resourced plan to transition impacted farmers away from the high stocking densities" - An Taisce antaisce.org/news/an-taisce…

Hope Irish Independent dont mind me posting the full excellent article on our Seabird IBAs by Caroline O'Doherty. It is really excellent. Full page in the paper!

The excellent Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh tells Dáil FA Ctte re OTB: "The Govt's narrow focus on goods fails to ensure compliance with the duty set out by the ICJ. There is no basis in int. law for differentiating between trade in goods & trade in services in the manner proposed."

Excellent piece by Ella McSweeney on CountryWide on dero/habs dir. weird to hear appropriate assessment being talked on radio. For 10 yrs I’ve been reviewing them for plans/projects. Depressing that farmers are in this situation now because of 🇮🇪being an envtl laggard 4 yrs.

‘Enough is enough’ – households being forced to subsidise the costs of data centres, says Sinn Féin MEP independent.ie/irish-news/eno…

Its positive to see Marie Donnelly CCAC highlighting the need to safeguard deep peat but we also need to protect shallow peat from inappropriate afforestation. Little action is being taken to restore afforested bogs, which are a significant source of GHGs independent.ie/irish-news/tre…

Eyebrow raise at the question aside - of course Govt should consider the consequences of its policies, that's exactly why we're in Ctte - and the unsurprising finding that many agree, it's great to see only 10% opposed. The US Republican view is a firm minority in Ireland. 1/🧵

A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe? For the first time, sales of new heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…