Shauna Corr

Great to see common sense prevail in the courts. Proscribing Palestine Action was UNLAWFUL via @amnesty.org

Here’s to new beginnings this Imbolc and Brigid’s day.
Cross made and bratach hung out for the Celtic goddess’s blessing.
Reminded of these lovely wee traditions at @wimbelfast.bsky.social 5th birthday at the Sunflower yesterday.
#happyimbolc
Can’t wait for spring to well, spring 🌼

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Thank you Stephen, from myself and everyone involved. Was great to see the positive things happening around climate as much as pointing out the holes in local authority climate action plans

Thank you Brian! It's quite the figure for data centre emissions in south county Dublin and was plain as day in the CAP. Other counties with data centres simply ignored their impact, which was equally shocking

Thank you Róisín, much appreciated by myself and no doubt everyone else who worked on this

Security, Urgency, and Power: What is the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill up to? The Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill uses urgency to bypass scrutiny, climate law, and public participation. Make your submission!

"Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill 2025... quietly reshapes how major fossil fuel infrastructure can be approved, weakening climate law, compressing scrutiny, and sidelining public participation in the name of urgency" in Ireland says @padraigmcevoy.bsky.social
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How your county is weighing in on fighting climate change .

Months of work finally unveiled as a major investigation I worked on with the @independent.ie launches.

Every council in Ireland was asked to write a Climate Action Plan identifying local risks and what they plan to do to reduce emissions causing those risks.

We read them all...

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Thank you 🤗 and you’re absolutely right about that

Can confirm the new @JustPark system in Belfast is woeful. Have to pick select times… but when forced to overestimate past 6pm… it says you can’t have the space. Wasn’t broke… didn’t need to be changed… but I suppose customer annoyance is worth the extra £££s @belfastcc.bsky.social 🙄

Queen's University student 'delighted' to find new seagrass meadow in NI waters The once abundant marine habitats have been disappearing since the 1800s because of pollution, coastal development and disease

It might have come a day late for my birthday - but I do love some good January news about the NI environment.
A new seagrass meadow that's good for other species and fighting climate crisis.
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social student Rebekah Bakjo found it 😍
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Proposed law would enble Minister to decide on process relating to State gas reserve Move to bypass normal procedures comes after all-party committee asked to waive right to scrutinise draft legislation

Darragh O'Brien wants to bypass normal planning permission, maritime consent, energy regulator & CPO procedures for the State's LNG project. @ciaranahern.bsky.social Jennifer Whitmore @social-democrats.bsky.social & Pa Daly are concerned
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland Saltmarshes are in decline all over the world, including in Ireland, which is seeing the size of its wetlands decreasing as well as a significant decline in the quality of the ecosystems.

Some excellent reporting here by @ucdearth.bsky.social journalist-in-residence @eithnedodd.bsky.social on the state of Ireland’s #saltmarshes, featuring UCD Climate Fellow Dr Grace Cott from @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Biology and Environmental Science.
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‘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 Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project

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 🤗

Another [wasted] year over... as the DUP continues to block efforts to give NI folks a clean and healthy environment Still, happy Christmas from #TheEarthsCorr and here's to a joyful 2026

Still, happy Christmas from #TheEarthsCorr and here's to a joyful 2026
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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 🤯

Postdoctoral researchers: bridled research communicators By Dr Audrey M Plan, Research Engagement Specialist, Dr Sara M Esteves, IRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Dr Dorota Kolbuk, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin. Since March 2025, th…

⏳"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

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Happy Hanukkah

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 is falling for the American fossil fuel industry’s ‘energy security’ con One of the reasons this argument has been so effective is because, like all good propaganda, there is an element of truth to it

"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"