Tag Archives: Climate Bill

Beyond denial and grief and towards solidarity on climate

Posted on April 4, 2021 by John Gibbons

This piece ran in the Business Post in late March as my take on the revised – and considerably improved – Climate Bill. Since it was written, it has become clear that the absolute maximum ambition the agri sector is … Continue reading →

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Close, but no cigar: Climate Bill comes up short

Posted on October 30, 2020 by John Gibbons

My report on expert reaction to the eagerly awaited Climate Bill was published for a British audience on DeSmog UK in mid-October. A DRAFT climate change bill designed to put Ireland on a path to net zero emissions has been … Continue reading →

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A Climate Bill that’s built to fail?

Posted on June 8, 2015 by John Gibbons

The confirmation earlier today that retired ESRI economist, Prof John FitzGerald has been given the plum job of chairing the Expert Advisory Council on Climate Change has hardly been greeted with universal applause. The first question is what exactly qualifies FitzGerald … Continue reading →

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Europe’s air pollution crisis brings climate reality close to home

Posted on May 11, 2015 by John Gibbons

Below, my article as it appears in this month’s Village magazine… WHILE global pollution crises, from climate change to plastics in the oceans, are showing no signs of abating, the worst effects are, we in the ‘developed world’ are reassured … Continue reading →

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Come back, Liz McManus – your country needs you!

Posted on February 24, 2015 by John Gibbons

In case you haven’t heard, our current Minister for the Environment is a Labour party TD called Alan Kelly. He is the man who brought us the no-lobbyist-left-behind Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015, a piece of draft … Continue reading →

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Denial and self-interested delusion on Climate Bill

Posted on January 14, 2011 by John Gibbons

The prolific US author, Upton Sinclair was a shrewd observer of human nature, as evidenced in his classic retort to vested interests: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding … Continue reading →

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Baby, it’s cold outside

Posted on December 23, 2010 by John Gibbons

News comes through this morning via John Gormley and Ciaran Cuffe that the Climate Change Response Bill has at last been published. A public consultation period on the Bill is to run until January 28th next, with a view to … Continue reading →

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