"Net energy consumption increased by 0.6% in 2025, to reach the highest level since 2008. Largest increases came from transport and commercial services, with growth in electricity consumption from data centres the dominant driver in the latter." [#TLDR: still trying to go down the up escalator...]

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Ireland’s performance on #climate mitigation is the worst in Europe and will still be the worst in 2030. In this infographic that’s measured by the size of the gap between the left of the green bar graph (cuts achieved) and the blue dot (2030 goal).

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"If fossil fuels keep burning at present rates, we are headed for apocalyptic civilisational collapse" "Because the rich own things, and the poor do not, it is legal for the rich to destroy Earth and illegal for the poor to stop them" 💚Sally Rooney💚

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"What is needed now are not alternatives to more fossil fuel subsidies but political leadership to implement transformational change – and protect our shared future" Terri Morrissey, Chair, An Taisce www.antaisce.org/news/yet-mor...

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A majority of people in Ireland want a moratorium on data centres. As community opposition to new developments intensifies and energy costs increase, this majority will only grow. The government will continue to call it NIMBYism and anti-tech populism. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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