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Epstein's connection to Israel is far less tenuous and goes back much further.
The Russia connection is a red herring.

Up stream storage costs substantially less, than opw walls (×10)
It is much less damaging environmentally and more effective at managing peak flows.
When combined with land management, it can result in net biodiversity gain, ie rewilding.
Substantially less embodied carbon is emitted also.

Flood Prevention Is the way we are farming partly responsible for flooding, and what changes might decrease damage in the future? Geomorphologist Prof Mary Bourke. Sligo Farmers Eddie Davitt and Joe Leonard. Farming F...

“You don’t treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchment”

How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise

The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

"Once we have ecosystem breakdown or climate breakdown, we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And his party chose to mandate hi viz and helmets for the most vulnerable on the roads rather than addressing the real cause of injuries and fatalities.
When will we learn as a country to vote in our collective best interests rather than against them?

Rainfall accumulation caused Chandra flooding - study A rapid study of Storm Chandra by climate scientists has found it was the accumulation of rainfall over seven days, including on the day of the storm, rather than the amount of rainfall during the sto...

Correction here.
The Arterial Drainage Act caused the flooding.
Its stated aim is 'The improvement of land for agriculture'
That means, getting water off land & into rivers as fast as possible.
Ironically its the law that governs flood relief.

www.rte.ie/news/environ...

and riparian buffers, peatland restoration and the construction of “leaky dams” to hold flood waters and slow its
from at-risk areas are not only better for the environment, they cost a great deal less. And they tend to appreciate,rather than depreciate in value over time
movement or divert it away

Sadhbh O'Neill: Should Ireland introduce a legal 'duty of care' for rainwater? In the Netherlands and Germany, nature-based solutions are the first step in flood prevention. In Ireland, they’re the last

"interventions such as dredging, sea walls and river realignment are expensive, damaging to ecosystems and wildlife, and tend to wear out or depreciate over time.

Green infrastructure solutions such as constructed wetlands, afforestation..."

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Insanity.

DoB, MM, & the rest of this failed gov can't even make good short term decisions.

€900m for stranded assets that will be phased out in 10 yrs.

This is a robbery of public funds to pay the fossil fuel industry & from future Ireland's safety.

Better renewable options exist.

#IrishPol

But they, and the OPW, could listen to the experts and deliver much lower cost flood solutions which would also be much faster and more effective than what they are currently doing....

Which is slow, expensive, environmentally destructive and causes flooding downstream.

An apologist for treason?

Could river restorations be key to easing floods in the South? Climate change is bringing warmer, wetter winters, which means more frequent flooding.

In Ireland, flood protection involves channelising and conveyance enhancement - making rivers run faster.
This is a failed ideology from a bygone era which worsens flooding downstream.

There is another way.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by Florida Oceanographic Society Oyster Filtration

Oysters aren’t just shellfish. They’re infrastructure. A single adult oyster can filter ~30–50 gallons of water per day. Multiply that by billions, and you don’t just clean water—you reshape an entire estuary. #Oysters #LivingInfrastructure #OceanHoptimism

‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies and dormice Events such as Storm Chandra take a terrible toll on ecosystems, but nature can be part of the solution for mitigating flood waters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hydrological situation across a large part of the Iberian Peninsula is alarming, to say the least, and conditions are set to worsen as several powerful atmospheric rivers are forecast; major flooding cannot be ruled out.

Good news from Australia: power generation from coal down 4.6% and from gas down 27% in Oct-Dec, with more than half of power generated from carbon-free sources. Power prices were fell by nearly 50%, as they do when you have a lot of zero marginal cost generation.

If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.

One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.

Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.

‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

'As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions'

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

James Browne is in FF. Instead of whinging that met eireann didn't give flood alerts he could get off his hole and look around at the lack of action that his party has taken on climate for decades.
There will be more severe, unpredictable flooding. Yet JB and FF are content to nothing

Natural Floodplains for People and Nature A floodplain is the wide, flat land beside a river or stream — and it plays a vital role in keeping rivers healthy and reducing flood risk to our homes, farms, and city streets. These rich ecosystems ...

Benefits of natural floodplains:
🚧 Reduce flood risk
💧 Improve water quality
🐦 Enhance wildlife habitat
🎣 Provide recreation
🌊 Recharge groundwater

↘️ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/threats-solu...

Minister for housing hits out at meteorologists for flooding of buildings built on flood prone areas.

You couldn't make it up!

When it rains, it now rains more.

For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall.

And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control – Scalawag Palantir represents but one of the many links comprising the military-industrial surveillance connections between ICE and the IDF.

Ok, where's your anger for the 100,000+ summarily executed in Gaza?
I assume you know that ICE are trained in Israeli methods and uses their tech to surveil and select people to arrest?

scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/ice-...

There should be another category for dictatorships, like Russia, which is no where near a Republic.

Yet more evidence that the crucial Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC is weakening.
Bad news for our climate future.
More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use.
As fast as we can.

What about the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea?
You know the one thats not democratic or a Republic?

A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared

📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced...

The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.

Read more, by Rupert Read.

Amplifying feedbacks could drive Greenland ice sheet to near-complete disappearance Greenland, which has been prominently in the news in recent days, hosts a vast ice sheet. If it melts, it will become one of the largest contributors to global sea-level rise. Under a high-emissions s...

Amplifying feedbacks could drive Greenland ice sheet to near-complete disappearance
Greenland Ice Sheet contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by approximately 7.4 meters
Why Trump wants Greenland
phys.org/news/2026-01...