Tag Archives: Village Magazine

The future is green, Soylent Green

Posted on August 2, 2022 by John Gibbons

Back in the early 1970s, even the year 2000 seemed an infinity away; for many, it conjured images of a glittering high-tech future. For others, a grim dystopia. The latter view definitely inspired the only film of that era to … Continue reading →

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2029 – A letter from the future

Posted on August 30, 2019 by John Gibbons

We live in consequential times. “What we do over the next 10 years will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years”, is how former UK chief scientific advisor Prof David King put it recently. There is no … Continue reading →

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Pushing back against the tide of junk science

Posted on November 29, 2017 by John Gibbons

I published two articles over the summer in Village magazine on the subject of the new Irish climate denier group, the self-styled Irish Climate Science Forum (ICSF), founded by retired UCD meteorologist, Ray Bates. The first of these, in the … Continue reading →

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Septic tanks: another nettle in the long grass

Posted on December 7, 2010 by James Nix

It’s now more than a year since the European Court of Justice condemned Ireland for its dysfunctional approach to waste water treatment at some 500,000 premises across the State. While work is underway to address the judgment, it will now … Continue reading →

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