Tag Archives: GWPF

Latest chapter in one man’s journey into climate obscurity

Posted on October 15, 2021 by John Gibbons

This piece ran in Village magazine in mid-October, tracking the latest moves by Ireland’s climate denier-in-chief in his continuing mission to spread doubt on the science of climate change and the help stymie effective climate action. OVER FOUR decades ago, … Continue reading →

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Incoherent, inconsistent – and not really funny at all

Posted on January 27, 2019 by John Gibbons

Below, my article as it appeared on DeSmog UK earlier this month. This is my 13th piece to appear on DeSmog since May 2017, when I reported on the inaugural ICSF meeting in Dublin, featuring big-name US denier, Richard Lindzen. … Continue reading →

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A very British coup: rise and fall of the climate contrarians

Posted on January 13, 2019 by John Gibbons

In recent months, I’ve been involved as one of a number of authors in an international project for a forthcoming academic publication looking at the state of environmental journalism around the world (my brief covered the UK and Ireland). One of … Continue reading →

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Mainstreaming doubt and nurturing climate denial

Posted on April 28, 2018 by John Gibbons

Fake news has, since January 2017, received a whole new lease of life, with peddlers of misinformation greatly emboldened by the installation of the Liar-In-Chief at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. However, climate science denial has been in full swing for decades; … Continue reading →

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A Prime lesson in how not to cover climate change

Posted on March 26, 2014 by John Gibbons

On Tuesday of last week, PrimeTime did something extremely unusual – at least for RTÉ. It had a programme on climate change. Well, ok, that’s not strictly true; the one-hour show actually carried three items, so climate change was wedged … Continue reading →

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Inside the dark Heartland of climate denialism

Posted on February 15, 2012 by John Gibbons

James Brown put it best in a song: “Don’t tell a lie about me and I won’t tell the truth about you”. A terrible crime has been committed against the libertarian US Heartland Institute. Someone has nefariously gotten hold of … Continue reading →

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