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Professor of Sustainable Energy @UCC

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Hannah Daly
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In today's column I explore batteries, a vital part of the energy transition and essential to end dependance on fossil fuels. Battery technology advances have enabled great strides in electro-mobility.
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My husband sent me this 🧐
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We should celebrate the blooming hawthorn like the Japanese celebrate cherry blossoms.
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I have become aware of a pile-on against me for pointing out the unsustainability of dairy and beef expansion. The ad hominem attacks and extremely bad faith representations of my arguments, my motivations and my expertise are quite something. Thanks to those defending me.
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In case anyone missed the latest data point, like I did. Just incredible.
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OMFG. “Global mean surface temperature anomalies for the month of September between 1958 and 2022, with projected 2023 value and uncertainty. Temps shown relative to a 1991-2020 baseline period” HT: @hausfath
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In response to the IPCC report this week, the Irish farming lobby appears to be coordinating a misinformation campaign to spread confusion about the warming impact of methane. They then accuse any scientist correcting them of lobbying, sometimes getting personal. Some examples:
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Interesting that restoring former wetlands to carbon sinks and ecosystems again is described as “immoral” because it leaves the land “idle”. Part of the transition to sustainability requires a mindset change to value land that is soaking carbon and providing space for nature.
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“If we’re serious about keeping the planet liveable, we have to regulate and tax huge cars out of existence.”
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Some days it all gets hard to take.
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This is brilliant. 1 million disposable coffee cups saved in @UCC this year. The cafes simply don't provide them any more. The world has not fallen apart - people bring their own cup or put a €2 deposit on a reusable one. Plastic drinks bottles are not sold on campus either.
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“Many economists remain stuck in an inexorable growth narrative... A fixation on a narrowly defined efficiency, productivity, perpetual growth has resulted in a discipline that has become blinkered to the ecological catastrophe we now face.”
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What a superhero.
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Dr. Dan Cady 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🟧
1 year
Just dropping this here.
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I got chatting with a retired man on the bus. “Are you a student?” he says. “No, a professor” I reply “”Good girl yourself, well done!” 😇
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2 years
I continue to be alarmed by calls for more fossil fuels as the answer to a fossil fuel crisis. If governments had taken energy efficiency & renewables seriously in the past, households would not be facing these energy bills. The way out of this is not more fossil fuels.
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"E-bikes are a scourge on the fabric of any city" Because they weigh more than regular bikes, take up street space, make noise (!!) and go up to 25km/h? Has she not heard of CARS??
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This is scary stuff: new research shows that the ice shelf which buttresses the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt, irrespective of future emissions. It means we have to plan for inevitable sea level rise, which will probably be faster than expected.
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Dr Kaitlin Naughten
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We’ve spent the last few years modelling the future of the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, and I regret to inform you that it’s not good news.
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It is entirely feasible to cut methane emissions by 30%. It requires redirecting farming subsidies to less polluting activities - like growing trees, crops, rewetting or rewilding - and compensating farmers for any loss of income. They just don't want to do that.
@DanielTMurray
Daniel Murray
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The Minister for Agriculture was briefed to tell his counterparts on trade missions that it was ‘not feasible’ for Ireland to cut methane emissions by 30%, despite the Taoiseach signing up to global methane pledge for 30% reductions at COP 26.
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This is just a phenomenal book that should be widely read. I have started mentioning in many conversations “did you know Ireland’s native ecosystem is RAINFOREST??” Everyone replies “no!” with an astonished face. I didn’t know myself until I started following @IrishRainforest .
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I’m very honoured to be named @UCCResearch Communicator of the Year.
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2 years
Today’s column: EVs are not a silver bullet solution to our unsustainable transport system. Reallocating road space and car parking to public transport, walking and cycling will require both political leadership and bottom-up support.
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Delighted to hear Min. Ryan’s support for transforming the Leinster House car park to a public green space, an extension of the national gallery. What a positive signal this would give to the public on climate leadership from politicians. I hope for strong cross party support.
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TonightVMTV
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NEWS: Green Party Leader @EamonRyan has told #TonightVMTV he is in favour of getting rid of the car park for politicians at Leinster House.
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Hannah Daly
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Dear student, My name is not "Hey". Regards, Dr. Daly
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Hannah Daly
2 years
After a long chat with my plumber, I’ve realised it’s not so much that we need to “get people on board” for decarbonising heat, but “get plumbers on board”.
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SUVs jumped from 10% of new car sales in 2010 to nearly 60% this year (still growing!). Larger, less aerodynamic cars are wiping out lots of the efficiency gains from electrification and make the roads less safe. @brian_caulfield
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So instead of pressing pause on data centre developments to understand how much we can reliably add to the grid without compromising climate targets, they will be allowed fast-track planning? Wow.
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The EPA’s tweet didn’t cause anger because it was wrong, irrelevant or against its remit, but because it confronted the prevailing narrative about foods Ireland exports, threatening the industry’s social licence. My take in today’s @IrishTimes
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Googling “The Climate Book” to order my copy (of what I’m sure will be a landmark book). Check out the second, third and fourth books Google promotes. Oh dear.
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“We need rewilding on a massive scale in Ireland” yes! @IrishRainforest I took these photos in and around Killarney NP - rhododendron, spruce plantations, no tree saplings, bare hills, a dying forest that should be our treasured ecological heritage.
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2 years
In my column in tomorrow’s @IrishTimes I discuss how toxic culture wars attacks and disinformation have poisoned the debate on agriculture and climate, stoking farmers’ anger. This unprofessional and unprovoked tweet illustrates my point perfectly.
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This is monumental. For 75 years, Bord na Móna has been Ireland's peat extraction company. This year it ended all peat extraction and yesterday it rebranded as a Climate Solutions Company, producing renewable energy and having stewardship over rehabilitating peatlands.
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Bord na Móna
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Today marks the beginning of a new era for Bord na Móna, as we launch our new brand identity, repositioning our business as Ireland’s Leading Climate Solutions Company.
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I got chatting with someone organising against renewables, who has faith in hydrogen as an alternative... They were surprised to learn that hydrogen is an energy *carrier* and decarbonising with that fuel would actually require more renewables than direct electrification.
@irishexaminer
Irish Examiner
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Cork County Council has turned down planning permission for a large-scale 126-hectare solar farm south of Midleton, after receiving dozens of objections from locals over the proposed development
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@GardaTraffic In most cases it’s not possible to take personal responsibility for your safety as a cyclist because the infrastructure mixes you with dangerous vehicles.
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Great to see - I live on a one-lane rural road with an insane 80 kph speed limit. I can’t take my kids out for a walk or cycle without being extremely stressed. New guidance recommends reducing to 60 kph, and speed limits in residential streets to 30kph
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Every summer it gets harder and harder to stomach that we plan to make climate change worse for nearly three more decades.
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Hannah Daly
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I would caution anyone thinking of switching their bank to @RevolutApp . They seem to have misplaced a large chunk of my money and have been extremely frustrating to deal with.
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"There is absolutely no hard science to confirm that the methane produced by cattle and other ruminant animals is adding substantially to the greenhouse gas burden that is impacting the plant as a whole." This is absolutely false but is stated in farming media *all the time*
@AgrilandIreland
Agriland
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Farming is a fundamental part of the solution and not the villain of the piece...
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The fact jet kerosene is subject to neither excise nor carbon tax - not even for internal flights, or private jets - is a regressive distortion of climate and transport policy.
@irishexaminer
Irish Examiner
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Tax on private jets landing in Ireland not ruled out by Eamon Ryan
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The world is on fire - we are throwing petrol on the flames. Nature is declining faster than ever. It is outrageous that these hill fires, many on peat, are still allowed and financially rewarded for sheep farming. These hills want to be reforested - we should let them.
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Seán Mac an tSíthigh
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Major hill fire Dún Chaoin in West Kerry… a number of houses in danger. Fire crews have been working tirelessly trying to control it since 4pm this afternoon.
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Super excited to pick up the @GreenCampusUCC e-bike for a 2-week trial. According to Pat @uccenergy this bike helped 6 people decide to give up their car so far (!!) and has encouraged lots of e-bike purchases on the bike-to-work scheme. Such an impactful initiative.
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Very good letter in response to Senator Michael McDowall’s article yesterday which questioned the need to take urgent action on climate change.
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The Taoiseach has defended allocating some of the most valuable public space in the capital to parking for life for former parliamentarians. Why not plant a green there instead and give them all a free lifetime public transport ticket, or an ebike?
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The idea that the planet keeps getting warmer until CO2 emissions fall to zero has properly blown the minds of some of my students.
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To be clear, beef and dairy production will probably always be part of Irish agriculture and industry, climate change academics are not attacking farmers. But the first step is to tell the truth about the global scientific and political consensus on climate change.
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This is a disgrace, and is common all around Ireland. Macroom got a €280m bypass and we can’t even build footpaths for kids to walk to school.
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Sarah Kate Photography
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Today’s commute in Macroom. Priority is given to cars. There’s no footpath here for both a secondary school and a primary school, so we dodge moving cars @SRTS_Ire @CorkSafetyAlert @irishexaminer @rtenews
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RT if you agree that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, greenhouse gas emissions & projections should be reported on in the media as much as GDP is.
@CO2_earth
CO2_Earth
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🌍📈 🏆 We just pushed the atmosphere to a new RECORD HIGH for WEEKLY #CO2 😰 424.40 ppm CO2 at Mauna Loa (via Maunakea) in 17th week of 2023 🏆 Up 4.21 from 420.19 ppm a year ago 😰 @NOAA data 🌍 records 🌍
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Revealed: How the livestock industry funds the ‘greenhouse gas guru’. Mitloehner is a pro-meat scientist, funded by the livestock industry, whose downplaying of livestock’s role in climate change has been very influential in Ireland. via @UE
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The state teaches my daughter about being a safe pedestrian - even gives her a high-vis vest - when there is *no footpath* connecting her school the few hundred meters to town. No cycle lane, no pedestrian crossing, NO FOOTPATH!
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I'm glad this one didn't get cancelled by the car industry!
@EPAIreland
EPA Ireland
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“Who has two thumbs and helps reduce Ireland’s emissions every day?” People who cycle! 🚴 Happy #worldbicycleday to you two-wheeled heroes. To those of you who have been thinking about making the switch from your car to cycling – today’s the day!
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One of Europe’s largest GHG emitters launched a series of personal attacks on Ireland’s climate minister @EamonRyan today. Pathetic. I know who will come out on the right side of history.
@Ryanair
Ryanair
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Highlights from today’s @Fingalcoco meeting… Everyone: “isn’t the passenger cap damaging Irish tourism?” @EamonRyan : “and this is how I hold my handlebars”
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It’s disingenuous to claim that the EPA tweet was dietary advice - it was intended to inform environmental behaviour, which is totally within their remit.
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Oonagh Duggan
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Alarming to read Sen @voteTimLombard say that the @EPAIreland ‘are out of control’ & calling for them to ‘be brought to task’. Urge @FineGael @LeoVaradkar to step up, have a word w/politicians who seem to challenge envtl science & the EPA supporting CC behavioural change.
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I published this last week, questioning the “carbon leakage” rationale for not cutting Irish beef exports. No substantive arguments against the points I raised in the article, but lots of personal attacks and astonishing misinterpretations.
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The first @UCC delegation has arrived at #COP27 ! We are here #TogetherForImplementation , representing UCC research on renewable energy, circular economy, hydrogen, alternative proteins, water-energy nexus and climate policy. @lyons_phd @NathanCAGray @Raffa_Piz @o_sibrahim
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This year, Ireland stopped generating electricity from peat - the most polluting electricity source there is - after more than 70 years. This year might also be the last one where we burn coal for electricity. Great news!
@DanielTMurray
Daniel Murray
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ESB ‘determined’ to stop burning coal at Moneypoint next year - chief executive Paddy Hayes via @businessposthq
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Where it had been made free, public transport use went ⬆️22% .. driven by ⬇️in walking by 7% ⬇️in cycling by 13% only 1%⬇️in car trips Better quality & quantity of public transport, congestion/parking charges & land use planning will reduce car trips.
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Eamon Ryan
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Price alone does not get people to shift to public transport. Quality, frequent, accessible services are far more likely to persuade them. And that’s what we’re focusing on. Free public transport would mean just 1% reduction in car travel, says report
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My 5-year old asked me what a carbon budget is at breakfast, and I broke out in a sweat.
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If there were “mechanisms” to “offset” the emissions from this flight, there would be no need for a global climate summit.
@thejournal_ie
TheJournal.ie
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Varadkar said it was "not ideal" but added there are mechanisms in place which will allow him to offset his emissions. There can no vote pairing in no-confidence motions, unless a member is sick.
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Ireland produces beef at more than 5 times the per-capita rate of the second-highest producer. For dairy the figure is 80% higher.
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Janusz Wojciechowski
2 years
Production of beef and veal meat from slaughtered animals in 🇪🇺 per capita in kg in 2020: 1 🇮🇪 131,4 2 🇳🇱 25,4 3 🇦🇹 24,5 4 🇧🇪 22,2 5 🇫🇷 22,1 6 🇩🇰 21,2 7 🇸🇮 17,8 8 🇱🇺 16,5 9 🇫🇮 15,8 10 🇱🇹 15,4 11 🇵🇱 14,7 12 🇪🇸 14,5 13 🇸🇪 14,3 14 🇩🇪 13,1 15 🇮🇹 12,1 16 🇭🇷 10,3 Source: Faostat /1
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My eyes are going to pop out from rolling at all the climate denial trolls swarming around today, and the politicians from major political parties blaming the Green Party for climate inaction (!!)
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I think it’s time to stop talking about Ireland’s *ambition* to cut GHGs very quickly. It’s a *legally-binding commitment*.
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Spraying animal faeces on public buildings is an unhinged way of protesting.
@nexta_tv
NEXTA
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French farmers pour manure on the office of the biodiversity agency in Cleracq in the department of Lo and Garonne.
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Expanding Irish airport capacity by 25% would cause an increase in emissions of approx. three quarters of a million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to adding ~290k fossil fuelled cars onto the roads. It's equivalent to the GHGs avoided by ~20% of the wind energy already installed. 🧵
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New column: We’re already on a trajectory to overshoot carbon budgets - the new Taoiseach will need to take a lead on delivering the next Climate Action Plan. Here, I propose eight top priorities to immediately accelerate climate action.
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.. his mistake was because only students and sustainable energy professors take the bus ..
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“All set for Christmas?” is about as diplomatic as asking “how’s the PhD going?”
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No paywall on this one. EPA said they removed it because "Our intention was ..not to cause any confusion". I'm confused about what could have caused confusion. There is no doubt that red meat has a very high climate impact.
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Disappointing to see @EPAIreland delete a perfectly reasonable tweet encouraging people to cut down red meat intake to lower their impact on the climate.
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An incredibly misleading article about the contribution of methane to global warming, aiming to delay meaningful cuts in Irish GHGs. There is zero scientific doubt that methane from ruminants is a strong driver of warming. Shame on @irishexaminer
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Very dangerous to plan for future tech “fixing” climate change, like continuing a terribly unhealthy lifestyle with the belief that a drug will fix the problems it creates. We already have all the tech we need to cut GHGs very rapidly* - which would bring wider benefits -
@think_or_swim
John Gibbons
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Listening to techno-optimism dross from (non-expert) Prof Luke O’Neill on how carbon capture, new inventions etc etc are going to “solve” #ClimateCrisis with Brendan O’Connor in @rte radio just now. Soothing, delusional nonsense
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In my latest @irishtimes column I address school transport. The failure to build safe walking & cycling infrastructure and expand school bus services means most children are now driven to school.
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3 years
These are prominent voices in the industry who have not been able to credibly counter any of the scientific arguments put forward.
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Grassland on drained peatland emits nearly as much CO2 as the power sector in Ireland. Instead, it should be a precious carbon sink - that can only be achieved by re-wetting. It’s also part of mandatory carbon budgets which will require rapid decarbonisation this decade.
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Barry Murphy
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4/ However, @mattcarthy says the “best case scenario” is that there are no @greenparty_ie TDs elected at next election. Also says @sinnfeinireland doesn’t support rewetting proposals. @farmersjournal @icmsa
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Hannah Daly
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As @businessposthq reports the gvt is launching a review of Ireland’s self-made energy crisis, Paul Deane points out that continuing to connect data centres while encouraging households to reduce energy use is not a good look
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Climate activists and carbon capture scientists are working on the same ultimate goal. Implying that activists, by glueing themselves to roads, are impeding the work of CCS scientists from getting to work is not a constructive take.
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It blows my mind that it’s legal to blanket-spray hedges with weedkiller. The left picture is what several hundred meters of a local road looks like - the right picture is what it should look like (humming with insects).
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“To Ireland or to deserts” is the new “to hell or to Connaught”
@Joey_Galvin
Joe Galvin
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Far-right minister Amichai Eliyahu: Nuking Gaza is an option, population should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’ via @timesofisrael
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Hannah Daly
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I’m a proud daughter!
@CyclingIreland
Cycling Ireland
1 year
Tom Daly has been elected President of Cycling Ireland at the 34th Annual General Meeting
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Hannah Daly
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This is why I find the argument to grow beef and dairy exports on the basis of food security insincere and immoral. No one is going to bed hungry for lack of Irish butter or steak. It’s climate *change* that will cause food insecurity.
@Harriet_Burgess
Harriet Burgess
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If we are going to seriously address food scarcity, Irish agriculture needs to change. One third of global grain production – enough to feed 4 billion people – is fed to livestock. Our obsession with meat and dairy production is contributing to global hunger, not ending it #rtept
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Electricity demand from data centers grew by nearly one-third in 2022, and accounted for 18% of metered electricity consumption. This growth - 1.4 TWh - almost entirely matched the growth in electricity from wind generation in 2022, 1.5 TWh.
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Hannah Daly
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The Irish Farmers Association taking pride in lobbying against ambitious carbon budgets, with a strategy based on fear, and blaming the Green Party for climate policy that every political party voted for and that has wide public support.
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In my local Facebook group there are more and more complaints about the hourly bus service to the city - it’s regularly full, leaving stranded passengers late for work, college etc. There’s no wonder we are one of the most car-dependent countries in Europe.
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Hannah Daly
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It was a great privilege to start writing a column - At a Time of Climate Crisis - for the @IrishTimes in 2022, covering what was a pivotal year for energy and climate (of course, every year is pivotal). Below a thread of my articles (including op-eds) from last year.
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Hannah Daly
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How about stop victim blaming and build proper paths and crossings so people don’t have to drive everywhere to feel safe?
@radiokerrynews
Radio Kerry News
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Kerry County Councillor calls for hi-vis clothing to become compulsory for pedestrians and cyclists
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Hannah Daly
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A national rural network of cycle lanes inside hedges - paying landowners to maintain - what a wonderful change this could make to the countryside. Kids taking themselves to school and training, sustainable tourism, less traffic on the roads, more connected rural communities.
@pat_rice_irl
Pat
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@CorkCyclingCrew @HannahEDaly There is a fix. Change CAP so that farmers could be incentivesed to create cycle paths inside the ditch.
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Hannah Daly
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🎶 Let it blow, let it blow, let it blow 🎶 Wind is generating three quarters of Ireland’s electricity right now.
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Hannah Daly
1 year
Absolutely baffling that RTE and EPA stopped funding @EcoEye - the heavyweight of Irish environmental programming. Duncan is an icon and I hope we won’t be seeing the last of him - tonight 8pm. Congratulations to @Marcusdstewart and all the team.
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Caroline O'Doherty
1 year
The final @EcoEye airs in a few hours and Duncan Stewart goes out with a strong message as he reflects on the dramatic decline of our water quality
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Hannah Daly
7 months
The audience of this Les Mis show paid to see a story of civil uprising - they got good value for money.
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Just Stop Oil
7 months
🎭 Do you hear the people sing for no new oil and gas? 🖋️ Don’t be a Javert — join Just Stop Oil in civil resistance against our criminal government at
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Hannah Daly
2 years
Footpaths and protected bike lanes around all schools and crèches are a cheap, healthy, pollution-negative measure to prevent lots of unnecessary car trips. It’s mind-boggling they’re so absent. I wonder how many families have to have two cars because of this? Mine is another.
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Robert Lawson
2 years
Spent far too long discussing preschool and school logistics and "do we need to buy a second car?" this morning because my daughter's preschool only NINE HUNDRED METRES AWAY has no footpath, no bike route, and just a dangerous country road with speeding drivers to get there.
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Hannah Daly
11 months
“it is too late to save Arctic summer sea ice.. we’ve been warning about the loss of Arctic summer sea ice for decades.. the first big component of the Earth system we are going to lose because of global warming. People didn’t listen to our warnings”
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Hannah Daly
11 months
If you’re concerned about the embodied GHGs of electric vehicles then buy a used one. I drive a 9-yr old Leaf. The battery can be replaced and reused when the range drops. Don’t, for the love of god, keep driving an ICE because you think synthetic fuels will become available.
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Simon Acton - Next Eco Car
11 months
Current Stock Update ⚡️🔋🔌 ✅ 2018 Nissan Leaf 40kWh - €18,950. ✅ 2017 Nissan Leaf Tekna 30kWh Gunmetal Grey - €16,650. ✅ 2016 BMW i3 94ah - €19,950. ✅ 2017 Nissan Leaf Tekna 30kWh Black - €14,450. See for full details. #EVs
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Hannah Daly
3 years
Unbelievable neck! A top IPCC scientist correcting harmful misinformation is not lobbying.
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Harold Kingston 🐄 🚜
3 years
Interesting to see a supposedly independent IPCC lead author & member of the Climate Change Advisory Council straying into policy & lobbying #justsaying
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Hannah Daly
1 year
My first video blog as I head into Day 2 of the #COP27 leader’s summit to watch @MichealMartinTD address the summit #UCCatCOP27
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Hannah Daly
1 year
Did I really hear the IPCC consensus on climate change being likened to the rejection of Galileo’s discoveries? Jaw-dropping! Well done to @paulmurphy_TD for countering but he really shouldn’t have to debate the basics of climate change.
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NewstalkFM
1 year
Climate Denial? Oil Boss David Horgan says there is no climate crisis at the moment. David was in conversation with @paulmurphy_TD and @kierancuddihy this evening on @TheHardShoulder .
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Hannah Daly
10 months
Sorry to be unrelentingly negative about today’s news, but if we include emissions from international aviation (which we should), then Irish GHG emissions didn’t fall, but actually rose last year.
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Hannah Daly
10 months
Meeting the first carbon budget required steady annual GHG reductions of 5-6%. But because emissions only fell by 1-2% during the first two years of the budget, that leaves us with impossible 12% annual cuts.
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Hannah Daly
1 year
Some very good news to round out the year - a record capacity of new renewables connected to the Irish grid in 2022 - nearly 700 MW. We are also on the cusp of an inflection point in solar energy.
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Hannah Daly
1 year
The veggie food selection in Lidl is taking an interesting twist. Bug burgers!
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Hannah Daly
7 months
Ireland has banned fracking, stopped oil & gas exploration and divested from fossil fuels, but still remains extremely dependent on them. To reverse that, environmental campaigners & climate activists should spend as much time promoting renewable energy* as opposing fossil fuels
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Wind Energy Ireland
7 months
It's officially been a full year since an onshore wind farm got planning permission in this country. At a time when we need to be accelerating renewable energy projects, we are at an absolute standstill because of our national planning system.
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Hannah Daly
3 years
Lead dairy industry lobbyist accuses anyone correcting him of having an ideological agenda
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Hannah Daly
3 years
Denmark has set a 55-65% emission reduction target for agriculture by 2030 relative to 1990, planning to rewild some farmland and agreeing a $600 million compensation package for farmers.
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Svein Tveitdal
3 years
Denmark Agrees to Binding 2030 Climate Target for Agriculture Lawmakers set binding carbon emission targets for Denmarks’s agricultural industry to ensure green transition, in historic agreement supported across party lines @jonasgahrstore @audunlysbakken
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