The definitive verdict on ‘no additional warming’/GWP* courtesy of Prof Hannah Daly in The Irish Times ... “a dangerous climate loophole” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The amazing story of Ireland’s dolphin population captured by Ken O’Sullivan over 20 years. The footage mstches the great David Attenborough at times … but ultimately it’s a story of vulnerability. Recommend viewing. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The summer of 2025 brings some hard climate lessons … nowhere more so than in an overheating Europe. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Revealed: Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 long list: “Taking action gives you hope and calms anxiety by showing we can turn things around.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

More positives than negatives emerge from UNOC3 … but will Sir David Atennborough be happy? Probably not; political declaration is too weak, especially on destructive bottom trawling. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This year’s Robert Boyle Summer School will explore the human brain and intersection with creativity … a great opportunity to spend time in Waterford and Lismore, the home place of the great co-founder of modern science! www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Despite the fanfare when it was first announced, Ryanair pulls plug on providing carbon offset option for its passengers… carbon calculator gone too! www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Chilling encapsulated of 100 days of DT2 www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Biomethane should have been a no-brainer for Ireland. The road ahead is unclear www.irishtimes.com/special-repo...

Pope Francis’s green legacy is his radical encyclical Laudato Si’ that upended centuries of Catholic teaching… Ireland can be proud of its stamp on it www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The bigger picture on why Corio Generation withdrew from Sceirde Rocks wind farm off Connemara’s coast ... and on the need to ensure remaining Phase 1 windfarms get across the line before 2030. www.irishtimes.com/business/eco...

A damning assessment of how Ireland is progressing its transition to clean energy. Fortunately, NESC sets out what we need to do now, next and later … and overcome the strategic fog. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Regrettably, the consequences of demoting science…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/utah-fluoride-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Scoop: NOAA is suspending its long-running monthly media calls on climate stats and climate change, blaming lack of staff. Some other hints at why are in the story. The data, however, will still be released on schedule, NOAA says. www.axios.com/2025/03/13/n...

Trump's hotel and golf course in Doonbeg has encountered multiple planning difficulties, but not in the way he describes them... and they come with a hard lesson for him on climate change. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

This is such a tragic development … Concern Worldwide lays off almost 400 staff citing ‘aid funding cuts’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

With Ireland facing climate fines of up to €26 billion… what actions should be pursued to reduce such staggering penalties? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

With persistent bird flu, the longer effective collective action fails to kick in, the more opportunities there are to mutate and transmit among humans … a lesson that a certain Mr Trump needs to learn. www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Too many governments are slow pedalling on decisive climate action. We can only hope Irish Government is not falling back into that category. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The scale of ecological damage from oil spills in Niger Delta revealed…including identification of unreported spills #bigoil #africa www.irishtimes.com/world/africa...

A great piece of research from UCC pertinent to the era of conspiracy notions that we live in … www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Hard questions on resilience have to be asked in this era of increased climate disturbance … especially with power, water and telco utilities www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Trump will play havoc on energy with knock-on consequences for climate and a planet in a vulnerable state… BUT there are ways around this. Clean tech revolution can happen without him. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

McKibben at his best! open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

More evidence that Ireland needs to change where fish farms are located if it wants to save its wild Atlantic salmon stocks www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

On the money analysis by Cliff Taylor of the broken Irish planning system. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

How are those newspapers who have been attacking Ed Miliband for an appropriate level of response to the climate crisis now feeling, wringing their hands over the torching of Los Angeles? Like massive hypocrites? Sadly I suspect that kind of reflection is not part of their institutional DNA....

Laughter wins out…at @BTYSTE Primary School Fair! www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

A flavour of @BYSTE ingenuity on display this year at Dublin’s RDS www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

President Michael D Higgins condemns Nato and escalating global military spending when number affected by hunger has risen by 200 million www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

The great Irish science showcase that is @BTYSTE 2025 is ready for takeoff! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

There are key actions that need to be pursued now to ensure timely delivery of both onshore and offshore wind energy in Ireland... Key players give their verdict on what's required. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

The Irish Times view on the climate crisis: political courage to act is missing www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The case for data centres in Ireland… provided they are low-carbon and not relying on gas generation www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Best energy book of 2024 … a must read for all!

Eamon Ryan: ‘If Labour and Soc Dems were ambitious on climate, they’d be going into government’ …The former Green Party leader gives a frank account of where it went wrong in election… and why the climate issue isn’t going away… a timely warning to next government. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Explainer: 10 takeaways from Cop29 … a collective failure… not enough & too slow in the face of a worsening climate emergency www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

What’s in the pipeline for Ireland’s climate… moving to where “nothing is fun or positive” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...