Tag Archives: climate hoax

Dear Willie: when in a hole, stop digging

Posted on July 15, 2010 by John Gibbons

Well hallelujah! We’ve been waiting years to read something bordering on sensible from UCC’s ‘Public Awareness of Science’ officer and Irish Times columnist William Reville on the subject of climate change and by golly, this week’s offering was very, very … Continue reading →

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Now there’s an App to zap the sceptics

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Paddy Morris

The always useful site Skeptical Science, with its handy list of the most common arguments used by climate change sceptics and detailed rebuttals of them, is now available as an iPhone app. So next time a discussion occurs and one of … Continue reading →

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Latest recruit to Confederacy of Climate Dunces

Posted on December 13, 2009 by John Gibbons

One by one, they’re coming out of the woodwork. Occasional climate sceptic William Reville was the latest to re-surface, this time in his weekly Irish Times column. I read it with dismay; I genuinely have no problem with him having … Continue reading →

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John The Apostle Walks The Plank

Posted on December 2, 2009 by John Gibbons

Hell, it seems, hath no fury like a broadcaster scorned. After my recent adventures with RTE’s Pat Kenny, it was only a matter of time before the veteran broadcaster would try to even the score for what he no doubt … Continue reading →

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The most dangerous man in Europe?

Posted on March 14, 2008 by John Gibbons

Gordon Brown gets it. Kevin Rudd gets it. John McCain gets it. Bertie Ahern (sort of) gets it. For goodness sake, even George W Bush is beginning to get it. It, of course, is the realisation sweeping the world that … Continue reading →

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