Analysis and opinion on environmental issues. Updated first of each month.
Environmentalists will have to remain vigilant and ensure that the new Irish coalition sharpens its commitments on climate policies impacting agriculture
Bringing back coal jobs is ‘about as practical as bringing back the buggy whip industry’, explains Krugman.
1 Jun 2018Carmakers complain they can’t meet their CO2 targets, blaming declining diesel sales, while pushing old, inefficient, high-performance SUVs to maximise their profits
1 May 2018Local access restrictions can succeed in removing polluting vehicles from city centers and encourage cleaner alternatives
1 Apr 2018On the folly of Trump’s infrastructure plans to spend billions of dollars on developing projects that will likely be ruined by the impacts of a rapidly changing climate
6 Mar 2018Why transport is EU’s biggest climate problem, and what needs to be done to change that
1 Feb 2018We are only beginning to learn where the climate damages will be, when they will occur and how catastrophic they will be
1 Jan 2018Ireland’s leading climatologist reflects on what has just happened during the UN global climate talks in Bonn, Germany
1 Dec 2017Electric cars are on the verge of solving the last challenge they face in competing with gasoline cars — speed of recharging
2 Nov 2017Executive Summary of T&E’s report on why diesel cars are not needed for EU economy, climate or environment Two years after the Dieselgate scandal …
1 Oct 2017Redesigning our food system to radically reduce all types of waste from farm to fork
1 Sep 2017Part of scientific basis for a lawsuit filed by 21 young people against the US government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by failing to protect them against climate change.
1 Aug 2017The Alaskan tundra is warming so quickly it has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide ahead of schedule
1 Jul 2017Relying solely on offsets to address aviation’s climate impact is unsustainable
1 Jun 2017The changing landscape for biofuels in Europe
2 May 2017The paradox of so many going hungry and so many others wasting food
1 Apr 2017How to phase out coal by 2030, with different plans for different coal-dependent countries
1 Mar 2017The use of vans has exploded since the 1990s, yet vans are truly the neglected outlier of Europe’s freight transport policy
1 Feb 2017Seagrass, around since dinosaurs, keeps the world’s coastlines clean and healthy, and supports many different species of animal, including humans
1 Dec 2016In the wake of the 2nd Cork Declaration on Rural Development, Thomas Quinn weighs up the chronic imbalances of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
1 Nov 2016“Range anxiety” from driving electric cars is very rapidly going to become an anachronism.
1 Oct 2016It’s time to break the mantra that reducing the sector’s climate impact will be costly
1 Sep 2016The inside story of how the agriculture sector lobbied to weaken EU air quality standards with serious consequence for the health of Europeans
1 Aug 2016China is pushing the developing world into the lead on renewables
1 Jul 2016That’s a key reason almost everything you know about climate change solutions is probably outdated.
1 Jun 2016