Tag Archives: Padraic Fogarty

Ramping up the war on science for private gain

Posted on August 1, 2023 by John Gibbons

The Irish agri lobby’s ongoing war on reality went up a couple of gears during the summer, when it turned its political guns on the Environmental Protection Agency for having the temerity to gather and assess water quality data and … Continue reading →

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When nature is the enemy, whose side are you really on?

Posted on May 30, 2023 by John Gibbons

The iron grip of agri PLCs and the farm lobbyists who work on their behalf on the EU’s agriculture policy was seen yet again in the outright rejection of modest proposals to give nature restoration a chance amid an ever-deepening … Continue reading →

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Good grief: grappling with eco distress

Posted on September 7, 2020 by John Gibbons

The feature piece below appeared in this week’s Business Post Magazine, under the heading ‘Distress signals from Earth: the new condition of ‘eco-grief’. This is a subject that has long been close to my heart and no doubt for most … Continue reading →

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