Environment & Science Editor with @IrishTimes; special interest in climate crisis, renewables, SDGs and sustainable food. Co-author of Supergrid Super Solution
Joined May 2013
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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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4 Dec 2025
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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21 Nov 2025
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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Kevin O'Sullivan retweeted
21 Oct 2025
Sierra Club Releases Nearly 1,000 New Emails from Trump’s EPA
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Kevin O'Sullivan retweeted
28 Sep 2025
'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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29 Sep 2025
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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26 Sep 2025
The war on science must be resisted ... it's not in America's best interests and undermines global responses to what robust science is saying. irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
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22 Sep 2025
Surprising learnings on how best to do megaprojects ... including how Ireland should embrace the Flyvbjerg approach when it comes to scale-up of renewables and grids. bit.ly/3kclBbH irishtimes.com/business/econ…
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12 Sep 2025
2025 was a great summer, especially visiting some of the leading contenders in Ireland’s Greenest Places awards run by @IrishTimes and @ElectricIreland ... Winners to be revealed very shortly! irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
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12 Sep 2025
Good news on the Irish Corncrake ... Community-focused nature conservation with input from committed farmers works! irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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11 Sep 2025
The road to protect 30% of Irish marine waters looks terribly uncertain despite big 2030 commitments from Government ... @FairSeasIreland makes case for reasonable spend now rather than a lot more later. irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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Kevin O'Sullivan retweeted
9 Sep 2025
NEW | China’s clean energy boom and rapid electrification are creating the conditions for a FOSSIL DECLINE at home and abroad⚡
Fossil use in end-use sectors plateaued in 2015--while electricity use grew 65%, becoming central to 🇨🇳’s energy system.
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4 Sep 2025
The definitive verdict on ‘no additional warming’/GWP* ... a dangerous climate loophole irishtimes.com/environment/c…
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Kevin O'Sullivan retweeted
3 Sep 2025
Top hurricane expert Kerry Emanuel on the DOE scam climate report:
“The DOE is presenting a distorted view of the science of climate effects on extreme weather that is bound to mislead the public.”
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25 Aug 2025
A remarkable 20-year story of human interaction with Ireland’s dolphin population … the output of underwater cameraman Ken O’Sullivan. Recommended viewing
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