Environment & Science Editor with @IrishTimes; special interest in climate crisis, renewables, SDGs and sustainable food. Co-author of Supergrid Super Solution
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Rock on: Kevin O’Sullivan gets a much sought-after tour of Kerry’s Skellig Michael, a wonder of the world. irishtimes.com/opinion/an-ir…
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RT @KHayhoe: Fact-checking trolls, Part 2.
Climate models have accurately predicted global warming and climate science is based on thousa…
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Leaving Cert results day 2026: Follow our live coverage with our education team as students across Ireland receive their grades irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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China has been installing solar power at the rate of 100 panels a second. Its solar capacity is now double that of Europe and America combined.
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Why did Ferrari go down the bold/controversial route of producing a super fast EV; the Luce? This is my take…
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Analysis: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time
✍️ Written by @DrSimEvans
📉 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam
Read here: buff.ly/Heqn0QC
ALT Number of new EVs and petrol cars sold in the UK, units per 12-month period. Source: Carbon Brief analysis of figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
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Einstein’s childhood suggests a little naughtiness nurtures big ideas
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Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of Irish Republic - Oireachtas AI committee will hear about environmental impacts & uses for AI
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I'm afraid that this is why the US administration wants to shut down ocean observations: they don't want the people to know what is happening in our oceans, as it does not fit their ideology and the interests of their fossil fuel industry funders.
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Now the world’s second biggest #rainforest, the #Congo, appears to be emitting #carbon dioxide rather than absorbing it as the world heats up. Just the latest devastating feedback that could accelerate #climate change
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Great to see Ireland is benefiting from its own Science Media Centre… tackling issues highlighted by 350 scientists in important survey. It’s a not-for-profit available to media, research institutions and scientists themselves.
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A silver bullet solution to human-made global warming is unlikely so we have to collaborate in applying proven solutions available at reasonable cost.
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Sound science still matters ... a lament for Mauna Loa Observatory and the fate of @NOAA @NOAAClimate irishtimes.com/science/2025/…
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“COP30 was meant to be the COP of ‘Truth and Implementation’ - this failed", says PIK Director @jrockstrom. "We don’t need more negotiations; we need implementation. Within 5–10 years we will breach 1.5°C, entering dangerous terrain for billions.”
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Despite bleak global backdrop, we can get scale-up of Irish offshore wind energy... We get the views of @StatkraftIE Val Cummins of @SimplyBlueGroup and @WindEnergyIRL energyhttps://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/11/21/can-the-fog-clear-to-deliver-clean-irish-offshore-energy/
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Sierra Club Releases Nearly 1,000 New Emails from Trump’s EPA
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'Sinister, criminal or reckless' Too many questions remain over Blackwater fish kill - concerned groups say inconclusive final report must not be final word on it
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Dingle Peninsula receives award for being Ireland’s ‘greenest place’. Congratulations to them and to Skerries, Inagh, and Dysart River Project in Co Westmeath & Dun Laoghaire the category winners; all outstanding exemplars @ElectricIreland @DingleHub irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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