The Union of Concerned Scientists’ assessment of the current status, and usefulness, of nuclear power in US
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1 Dec 2018
Challenges for Ireland to meet obligations under the EU’s Energy Union Flagship Project
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27 Oct 2018
The challenge: ensuring a reliable clean water supply, treating waste water and preparing for floods or scarcity
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1 Oct 2018
A focus on Northern Ireland where 5 companies currently hold 10 mineral prospecting licences for different locations
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1 Sep 2018
New study of methane leaks in the oil and gas industry is the final piece of evidence that natural gas is not part of the climate solution.
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1 Aug 2018
On effective community participation in environmental projects and policies at the local level in Ireland
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1 Jul 2018
Bringing back coal jobs is ‘about as practical as bringing back the buggy whip industry’, explains Krugman.
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1 Jun 2018
Carmakers complain they can’t meet their CO2 targets, blaming declining diesel sales, while pushing old, inefficient, high-performance SUVs to maximise their profits
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1 May 2018
Local access restrictions can succeed in removing polluting vehicles from city centers and encourage cleaner alternatives
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1 Apr 2018
On 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
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6 Mar 2018
Why transport is EU’s biggest climate problem, and what needs to be done to change that
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1 Feb 2018
We are only beginning to learn where the climate damages will be, when they will occur and how catastrophic they will be
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1 Jan 2018
Ireland’s leading climatologist reflects on what has just happened during the UN global climate talks in Bonn, Germany
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1 Dec 2017
Electric cars are on the verge of solving the last challenge they face in competing with gasoline cars — speed of recharging
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2 Nov 2017
Executive 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 …
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1 Oct 2017
Redesigning our food system to radically reduce all types of waste from farm to fork
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1 Sep 2017
Part 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.
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1 Aug 2017
The Alaskan tundra is warming so quickly it has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide ahead of schedule
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1 Jul 2017
Relying solely on offsets to address aviation’s climate impact is unsustainable
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1 Jun 2017
The changing landscape for biofuels in Europe
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2 May 2017
The paradox of so many going hungry and so many others wasting food
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1 Apr 2017
How to phase out coal by 2030, with different plans for different coal-dependent countries
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1 Mar 2017
The use of vans has exploded since the 1990s, yet vans are truly the neglected outlier of Europe’s freight transport policy
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1 Feb 2017
Seagrass, around since dinosaurs, keeps the world’s coastlines clean and healthy, and supports many different species of animal, including humans
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1 Dec 2016