Solid fuel burning, explained
3 March 2021
Maybe you missed it, but late last month the Department of the Environment launched a public consultation on solid fuels.
As it stands,...
The internet’s big carbon footprint need not doom the climate
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington
For many, people life moved online in 2020. From preschool to dissertation defenses, first dates...
Guest post: Why ‘rebound effects’ may cut energy savings in half
Improving the energy efficiency of everything from the lights in people’s homes to the cars they drive is a key component of global climate...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions surged 4% in second half of 2020
A surge in China’s output of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the second half of last year pushed the country’s emissions above their 2019 total,...
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins on CETA
CETA has been consistently in the news ever since campaigners called to postpone voting on its investors’ protection element back in December 2020.
But we...
UN: New national climate pledges will only cut emissions ‘by 2%’ over next decade
The latest round of national climate pledges falls “far short of what is required” to achieve the targets set out in the Paris Agreement,...
Teaming up with Facebook to fight misinformation
Some of you may remember our blog post "A conundrum: our continued presence on Facebook" in which we detailed our misgivings about and decision...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #8, 2021
Ground truths on warming
When we think about rapid climate change of the kind we've accidentally unleashed and the warming of Earth systems inherent in...
Reliance on EVs to meet climate targets is a “potentially costly gamble”
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Relying on electric vehicles to meet newly ramped up emissions reductions is a “risky and potentially costly gamble”, the Joint Oireachtas Committee...
Guest post: The threat of high-probability ocean ‘tipping points’
Climate change is profoundly altering our oceans and marine ecosystems. Some of these changes are happening quickly and are potentially irreversible. Many are taking...
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