New research by Friends of the Earth has found that soaring demand for data centres in Ireland has driven up energy prices, with Irish households paying the hidden cost.

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/data-centres-and-climate-7052694-May2026/

#ireland #DataCentres #FriendsOfTheEarth #BigTech #electricity

#UK - #BeeFriendly plants for every season

#FriendsOfTheEarth

"Bees and pollinators need 3 things to thrive – food, shelter and water. With some planning around the seasons, we can help our vital pollinators by growing flowers from spring to winter, and not just when the sun shines.

Use our handy guide to pollinator-friendly plants – including trees, veg, herbs and flowers – to offer a valuable source of nectar and pollen through the year.

Experiment with different shaped flowers – the tongues of bees, hover flies, moths and other pollinators vary in size – see what grows well in your garden."

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/nature/beefriendly-plants-every-season

#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #GardeningForPollinators #PollinatorFriendlyPlants

Bayer escolhe Brasil para estrear complemento a agrotóxico mais polêmico do mundo

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/05/11/bayer-escolhe-brasil-para-estrear-complemento-a-agrotoxico-mais-polemico-do-mundo/

email from #FriendsOfTheEarth :-
"Fantastic news – the UK government just pulled funding from a ruinous gas mega-project in Mozambique [1]."
"... linked to serious human rights abuses. Only last month the promoter TotalEnergies was accused of complicity in war crimes [2]"
"So it’s great that UK taxpayers won’t be paying for a project that wreaks havoc in other countries"

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/whats-happening-mozambique

https://email.friendsoftheearth.uk/c/AQjE0RQQpaCkAhji2_xXINjthBsopdHuDiMyKagV6g_EeUf2dABEPN1EusQw1tKqMql7_1PzP1Vf

#environment #UK #Mozambique #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #TotalEnergies