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John Gibbons

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John Gibbons is a Dublin-based specialist writer and commentator on climate and environmental issues. He blogs at ThinkOrSwim.ie. You can follow him on Twitterย @think_or_swim.

Opinion
Irelandโ€™s Agri Lobby Has Dodged Its Climate Commitments Through Special Pleading and Dubious Science
ByJohn Gibbons
onJul 29, 2022 @ 09:25 PDT

Other sectors are facing much more stringent targets as a result, writes John Gibbons.

Other sectors are facing much more stringent targets as a result, writes John Gibbons.
Irish Broadcaster RTร‰ Apologises for Poor Climate Coverage
ByJohn Gibbons
onJul 28, 2021 @ 12:00 PDT

RTร‰ has not had an environment correspondent throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, which its Managing Director of News and Current Affairs said could have been avoided โ€œif everyone paid their TV licenceโ€.

RTร‰ has not had an environment correspondent throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, which its Managing Director of News and Current Affairs said could have been avoided โ€œif everyone paid their TV licenceโ€.
uk/Environmentalists Decry Campaign of โ€˜Intimidationโ€™ By Irish Politicians And Agri-Industry Over New Cheese Factory
ByJohn Gibbons
onApr 15, 2021 @ 16:06 PDT

Expanding Irelandโ€™s dairy industry puts the countryโ€™s climate goals at risk.

Expanding Irelandโ€™s dairy industry puts the countryโ€™s climate goals at risk.
uk/How Big Ag is Influencing What Irish Students Learn About Climate Change
ByJohn Gibbons
onDec 15, 2020 @ 11:51 PST

Big Ag proponents are influencing classrooms in Ireland with learning materials that misrepresent the role of agriculture in contributing to climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, DeSmog...
uk/Ireland Climate Bill Slammed as 'Full of Loopholes'
ByJohn Gibbons
onOct 20, 2020 @ 10:42 PDT

A draft climate change bill designed to put Ireland on a path to net zero emissions has been criticised by leading climate experts as โ€œweakโ€ and full of โ€œget-outย clausesโ€. The new bill was promise...
uk/Ireland's Prospective Coalition Outlines Ambitious Climate Programme
ByJohn Gibbons
onJun 17, 2020 @ 04:22 PDT

Irelandโ€™s three prospective coalition partners have just agreed the strongest commitments to climate and environmental action in over aย decade. The newly published Programme for Government, agreed...
Irish LNG Plan That Would Allow US Fracked Gas Imports โ€˜Dead in the Waterโ€™
ByJohn Gibbons
onMay 4, 2020 @ 04:41 PDT

It is increasingly unlikely that Ireland will develop new infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from fracked wells in the US, after the plans suffered a series of potentiall...
uk/How Climate Change is (Sort of) Affecting Ireland's Election
ByJohn Gibbons
onJan 31, 2020 @ 08:07 PST

Last May, Ireland was among the first countries in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. In September, over 20,000 students took to the streets of Dublin demanding urgent clima...
uk/Ireland's Chief Scientific Advisor Pins Climate Action Hopes on Silver-Bullet Fossil Fuel Tech
ByJohn Gibbons
onNov 27, 2019 @ 23:22 PST

Irelandโ€™s Chief Scientific Advisor believes fossil fuels still have a role in a low-carbon future โ€“ and there is money to be made ensuringย it. Late last year, Professor Mark Ferguson, a medical do...
uk/Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar Clarifies 'Climate Change Has Benefits' Statement
ByJohn Gibbons
onNov 12, 2019 @ 23:54 PST

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar movedย to distance himself from recent claims he made that climate change had potential โ€œbenefitsโ€ for Ireland, including reduced winter heating costs and cold-rela...

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