Paul Price

AI is undermining democracy, Oireachtas committee to hear TDs and senators to hear that AI portals' use of online journalism without payment is leaving quality journalism 'under existential threat'

"Regarding truth, generative #AI is fundamentally unreliable. It does not aim at factual accuracy”
"Flawed and opaque AI systems are undermining human reasoning, eroding a cornerstone of democratic citizenship and public debate."
–Dr Eileen Culloty, DCU,
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

It's hard to keep up with the destruction of America's institutions, but this is a big one.

If there's one thing the right understands, it's ecosystems and networks. So it makes sense to me that their assault on their opposition is designed precisely to go after the whole apparatus that would block their ambitions.

The issue remains though. There should be no corporations given seaweed harvesting rights in Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...

Our ✨new explainer✨ "The EU's Long-Term Budget and Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU" forms part of a series of EJNI outputs related to Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU (1 July to 31 December 2026).

Access here: ejni.net/publications...

Read our open letter to the Taoiseach and Climate Minister, arguing that there is no legal or scientific justification for delaying Ireland's Climate Action Plan. It's urgently needed to close the carbon budget delivery gap this decade, and further delays will increase overall costs.

"there is no basis in science, and no discernible basis in law, for the [Minister's] assertion that delays in finalising [the carbon budgets] provide a justification for a delay in publication of the statutory 2026 update to the Climate Action Plan (CAP26)."
www.postcarbonireland.org/etc/2026/Let...

What Micheál Martin says at the end is not true...

It's horrific, we're the only country in Europe that funds the large scale slaughter of badgers.

Badgers are a scapegoat for the spread of bovine TB. More than 66,000 badgers killed in the last decade, even though they're a protected species!

Alongside other civil society organisations from around Ireland, we discussed the inadequate implementation of human rights obligations relating to climate change and environmental protection in Ireland.

It literally takes one minute to sign this petition to stop mass harvesting of seaweed from the west coast of Ireland without proper public consultation. I signed and it’s at 12,222 out of 15,000 rn — please sign:

Open letter to IE govt: protesting the continuing delays in issuing the 2026 update to the Climate Action Plan (CAP26), and the spurious grounds being offered for that. www.postcarbonireland.org/etc/2026/Let...

As Ireland secures Nitrates derogation, scraps airport limits and tries to scupper Mercosur trade deal, what a GREAT time to go to the EU with the béal bocht routine, begging to be saved from our own greed & stupidity yet again.

Text: 'Urgent! Stop Minister's fossil fuel power Grab! Act today to keep Ireland LNG Free!' Image of Darragh O'Brien wearing a crown holding an LNG tanker

Ministers are preparing a report on a climate-wrecking fossil fuel bill giving Darragh O’Brien unprecedented power to bypass planning processes

Email the Committee today to urge them to stop this!

Link to @uplift.ie: Tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...

Transparency and accountability are at the heart of the EU's regulation of algorithmic feeds. Time for Europe’s leaders to stand firm.

Here's why 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp

Minister disbands department’s climate division in move branded ‘reckless’ by Greens Jack Chambers has moved climate to unit within new infrastructure division

Implications of restructuring at DPER questioned by @rodericogorman.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The question isn't whether people should wear high-viz/helmets. People should wear whatever makes them feel safer. Question is whether mandatory high-viz/helmets is good public policy - it's not

Protected lanes, safe junction design, more cyclists, and better driver behaviour are good public policy

I wonder what our President will make of this bill?

"The project, estimated to cost €900 million, is for a floating storage and regasification unit with land-based terminal in the Shannon Estuary that would import shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), a highly polluting form of fossil fuel gas."

Ooooh boy ... well, I sure the climate system will understand, and just dial back the timeline for our convenience. 😱

Plans to fast-track permission for floating gas terminal criticised Oireachtas committee begins hearings on controversial LNG proposals

'Environmental groups and climate campaigners have described the project as a “Trojan horse” for new fossil fuel developments, backed by a strategy that “punches a hole” in the country’s climate laws.'

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is a Trojan Horse for fossil fuel growth Government’s LNG plan will lock-in fossil fuel dependency, ensure climate action failure, and is contrary to Ireland’s legal obligations. An Taisce is calling for an independent review of the General ...

🇮🇪 Good to see the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy invite expert witnesses from An Taisce (y'day), & today Stop Climate Chaos Coalition members Trócaire & Friends of the Earth, to give evidence against the Bill to build LNG infrastructure.
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...

Why is this useless FF/FG government so determined to do the wrong thing when it comes to anything to do with the simplest action for the environment?

Supreme Court issues significant ruling in favour of climate action in wind farm case The ruling could have implications for projects with a climate impact such as data centres.

Supreme Court issues significant ruling in favour of climate action in wind farm case

www.thejournal.ie/wind-farm-co...

"In a disaster, the skeleton of society is laid bare. Politicians need scapegoats when their inability to make hard strategic decisions is exposed...But who rezoned the floodplains,...who has drastically underfunded climate-adaptation measures for the past 20 years?"

imho, s.118(viii) is just plain wrong.
Climate Minister has admitted carbon budgets not being met, so current plans/strategies are NOT consistent with the climate Act. Thus it's absurd to suggest compliance with a plan is sufficient.
What matters is decisions' CUMULATIVE impact on carbon budgets.

imho, s.118(viii) is just plain wrong.
Climate Minister has admitted carbon budgets not being met, so current plans/strategies are NOT consistent with the climate Act. Thus it's absurd to suggest compliance with a plan is sufficient.
What matters is decisions' CUMULATIVE impact on carbon budgets.

Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is a Trojan Horse for fossil fuel growth Government’s LNG plan will lock-in fossil fuel dependency, ensure climate action failure, and is contrary to Ireland’s legal obligations. An Taisce is calling for an independent review of the General ...

More summary commentary and links from @antaisce.bsky.social : "Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is a Trojan Horse for fossil fuel growth" www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...

Starting in next 5 mins: www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...