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Non-journal articles & media

Delaying climate action could make carbon budgets infeasible

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Greenhouse gas emissions need to suffer a death by 1000 cuts to keep legal commitments

Posted on July 6, 2023

Irish Times Column, July 6th, 2023 [Read More]

Tags: climate column biofuels

The trouble with renewable diesel

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Is ‘renewable diesel’ the climate saviour or a life raft for the liquid fuels industry?

Posted on June 2, 2023

Irish Times Column, June 1st, 2023. Hyperlinks to sources are in the online article [Read More]

Tags: climate column biofuels

Short-term climate action should be compatible with long-term aims

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is still just about possible but requires rapid change

Posted on May 2, 2023

Irish Times Column, May 4th, 2023. [Read More]

Tags: transport climate column

Rooftop solar PV - we are at the cusp of a seismic shift in energy

Blog - cut in VAT rate on solar PV will accelerate clean energy transition

Posted on April 3, 2023

I discussed the Government’s announced cut on the VAT rate on solar PV panels and installation costs on Today with Claire - RTE this morning. Here a quick blog expanding on some of the points I made, and some additional points I didn’t manage to get to. [Read More]

Tags: electricity solar blog

EV rollout must be accelerated to decarbonise transport

Blog - Cutting the grant for new electric vehicles

Posted on March 23, 2023

*I subsequently turned this blog into a column [Read More]

Tags: transport EV blog column

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