Kevin O’Sullivan
Environment & Science Editor with Irish Times… special interest in climate change, biodiversity, renewables, sustainable food. Co-author of Supergrid Super Solution.
- 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
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- 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...
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