Tommy Greene

@Tommy___Greene

Journalist | 'Troubled Waters' (📖 on Lough Neagh - Merrion Press, 2026) | ✍️ @guardian, @AJEnglish, @IrishTimes, @TheDetailTV, @openDemocracy, @PrivateEyeNews.

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Tommy Greene
@Tommy___Greene
Feb 19, 2024
As NI's politicians belatedly start to grapple with Lough Neagh's dire predicament, shoreline residents reflect on ecological collapse, loss of culture and local knowledge - and the dispossession undergirding it all. My latest on the lough for @guardian
‘Like the flip of a switch, it’s gone’: has the ecosystem of the UK’s largest lake collapsed?
From theguardian.com
Tommy Greene
@Tommy___Greene
Aug 12
Cyanobacterial growths ('blue-green algae') accumulating at the northern end of Lough Neagh yesterday afternoon
Tommy Greene
@Tommy___Greene
Aug 9
The inquiry into plans for a $30bn goldmine in the Sperrins considered questions of artificial light pollution this week. Residents opposed to the scheme argued it could further disrupt lives and cost the 'dark sky' 🌌✨💫🔭 area millions. More here 👇
thedetail.tv
Dalradian rejects claims proposed Sperrins mine would create harmful light pollution
Objectors argued the proposed mine's artificial lighting would be damaging to the welfare of local residents, ‘dark sky’ tourism, and the wider local economy
Tommy Greene
@Tommy___Greene
Jul 26
Interesting reading from @EoghanGilmartin on Christopher Nolan & Universal Pictures' decision to shoot part of The Odyssey near the Dakhla port city in Western Sahara - sometimes described as Africa's last colony
Odyssey to Africa’s last colony
From africasacountry.com
Tommy Greene
@Tommy___Greene
Jul 18
Interesting analysis of the ECJ's decision to back Spain's amnesty law earlier this week. The court found this controversial amnesty of Catalan independentist leaders does not breach key provisions of the European bloc's/EU law
La digestión de la amnistía, por Enric Juliana
From youtube.com