Tag Archives: Irish Examiner

Spreading a deadly smokescreen of disinformation

Posted on January 25, 2023 by John Gibbons

Long before the fossil fuel industry began using its money and influence to spread doubt and disinformation about the climate crisis, the book on how to dupe and deceive the public by peddling doubt had been practically written by the … Continue reading →

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Sorting scientific fact from fiction on climate

Posted on September 20, 2022 by John Gibbons

Seeking out and clinging to reassuring myths as an antidote to the often frightening realities around the climate emergency is a surprisingly common reaction among the public, and even persists amid the all-too-obvious signs of climate breakdown happening in real … Continue reading →

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Message remains the same, but who’s listening?

Posted on May 20, 2022 by John Gibbons

I filed this comment piece for the Irish Examiner in May to coincide with the publication of the WMO ‘State of the Climate’ report. The science gets clearer and clearer, the direct evidence of global climate destabilisation is now evident for … Continue reading →

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Can we reimagine a better, safer world?

Posted on April 5, 2022 by John Gibbons

It sometimes feels like our collective inability to respond to the global climate and ecological emergency is first and foremost a failure of imagination. We are conditioned to see the world the way it is, and can easily assume there … Continue reading →

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Polar heatwaves sound global climate alarm bells

Posted on March 23, 2022 by John Gibbons

Polar heatwaves are, as you would imagine, rare events, but in March, simultaneous heatwaves were recorded at both poles, an event without precedent in the instrumental record. I wrote the following Opinion piece for the Irish Examiner discussing the phenomenon and … Continue reading →

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All talk, no action: agri sector’s spin over substance

Posted on February 26, 2018 by John Gibbons

My article, which ran in the Irish Examiner in early February, is below IRISH agriculture faces enormous threats, both from direct climate change impacts and the urgent need to sharply reduce emissions, yet the sector has been remarkably slow to engage … Continue reading →

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Every sector must pull its weight on curtailing climate change

Posted on January 11, 2016 by John Gibbons

Below, my article as it appeared in today’s Irish Examiner. I wrote this piece on behalf of An Taisce, prompted by this self-serving and misleading piece by the IFA in the same paper last week. The agribusiness lobby has been working … Continue reading →

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