@KOSullivanIT

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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Joined May 2013
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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynewsOct 23
Ending Ireland's dependence on gas and oil is proving painfully slow irishtimes.com/environment/2…

Ireland still relies on fossil fuel for almost 80% of energy as demand rises

Increasing flights, traffic and data centre expansion complicating efforts to switch from carbon-polluting fuels

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The Essence of Forever is Now linkedin.com/pulse/essence-f…

The Essence of Forever is Now

Finally, got to see Forever is Now; 18 frenetic months in the life of former Green Party leader Eamon Ryan. Firstly, it is a story of great humanity within a family.

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Ember@ember_energyOct 14
🚨 NEW | Electric cars saved oil-importing countries $20 BILLION in crude oil imports in the six months since the US-Israel war with Iran began ⚡📉 China saved an estimated $14 billion, while EU countries avoided $3.1 billion in oil imports. ember-energy.org/latest-insi… 🧵1/2
🚨 NEW | Electric cars saved oil-importing countries $20 BILLION in crude oil imports in the six months since the US-Israel war with Iran began ⚡📉

ALT 🚨 NEW | Electric cars saved oil-importing countries $20 BILLION in crude oil imports in the six months since the US-Israel war with Iran began ⚡📉

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Summer of 2026 brought nasty climate concoctions – immediate, unpredictable and destructive of our way of life – that are becoming normal. Their victims will be all of us, in some way or other. irishtimes.com/environment/c…

Heatwaves, drought and then a tornado: France fraught over extreme weather stress

Rare supercell twister that ripped through a quiet village exposed common vulnerabilities

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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…

Rock on: Kevin O’Sullivan gets a much sought-after tour of Kerry’s Skellig Michael

Coming down was a problem, with the dreaded possibility that my fear of heights resulting from my aunt dangling me by the legs over the Cliffs of Moher as a boy would return

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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
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Fact-checking trolls, Part 2. Climate models have accurately predicted global warming and climate science is based on thousands, millions, and even billions of years of paleoclimate data. xitter.cf/KHayhoe/status/1656809…
Brian Mc.@BrexC60Aug 21
Replying to @KHayhoe
But you use models to examine it that are slanted to the predetermined output you want. Using temapture information from the last 120 years that has been revised to fit the narrative and is now collected from stations not suitable for purpose and positioned to support narrative.
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Mark Carney
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We are masters in our own home.
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David Labanyi@dlabanyiAug 21
Leaving Cert results day 2026: Follow our live coverage with our education team as students across Ireland receive their grades irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…

Leaving Cert results: Tears and joy as students receive results; grades down compared with last year

Leaving Cert results have been delivered to more than 730 second-level schools, and are available online now

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Geoffrey Lean@GeoffreyLeanAug 16
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. theweek.com/environment/chin…

China’s green revolution and what it means for the world

Beijing is embracing clean energy on a massive scale

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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… irishtimes.com/environment/c…

EVs may soon become the quickest cars on Earth

If you look carefully on the distant horizon, there are few internal combustion engines there

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Carbon Brief
@CarbonBriefJul 7
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
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).

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 irishtimes.com/science/2026/…

Einstein’s childhood suggests a little naughtiness nurtures big ideas

A rebellious and often angry child, known for intense temper tantrums, grew up and blew our minds

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Please support this important campaign in support of BBC journalism: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/b… via @megaphoneuk

Back Workers. Back Our BBC.

Nearly everyone - 94% of adults in the UK - uses the BBC every month. The BBC has an incredible range of TV, audio and digital services - from Planet Earth to the Proms, from BBC Bitesize and The...

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Caroline O'Doherty@codohertynewsJun 9
Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of Irish Republic - Oireachtas AI committee will hear about environmental impacts & uses for AI irishtimes.com/politics/2026…

Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of Republic

Oireachtas committee on artificial intelligence to hear of challenges of data centre expansion

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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. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/c…

The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration just ditched a vital deep-sea monitoring...

The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, sparking alarm among scientists

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Geoffrey Lean@GeoffreyLeanApr 15
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 ecoticias.com/en/one-of-eart…

One of Earth’s major carbon sinks may be beginning to release carbon that has been stored for...

The Congo Basin is often described as one of Earth’s great natural “climate buffers” because its swamp forests and peatlands lock away carbon for centuries or

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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. irishtimes.com/science/2026/…

Hundreds of scientists back all-Ireland service to tackle misinformation

Science Media Centre aims to debunk myths and stop misinterpretations of science taking hold

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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. irishtimes.com/environment/c…

The solution to tackling the climate crisis? We need everything

Wind, solar, green hydrogen - every scalable option shown to work at reasonable cost is required

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Sound science still matters ... a lament for Mauna Loa Observatory and the fate of @NOAA @NOAAClimate irishtimes.com/science/2025/…

Sound science still matters

We have come to a fork in the road at a most unexpected time

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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.” pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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