John Gibbons
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Climate science is evolving and showcasing human cost more – Wallace-Wells
- Science
- September 22, 2020, 14:58
What most disturbs best-selling science author David Wallace-Wells about climate change isn’t so much that the worst-case scenarios may come to pass. (...)

The Sack of Balbriggan: The burning of a town that shocked the world 100 years ago
- Irish News
- September 20, 2020
On the night of September 20th and 21st, 1920 events happened in Balbriggan which brought the Irish War of Independence to world attention and proved (...)

Could an ecocide law bring an end to environmental destruction?
- Science
- July 13, 2020, 01:09
The year is 2035; location is The Hague in the Netherlands. Disgraced former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (80) is scheduled to appear before th(...)

Shifting rainfall patterns a growing threat to farming in sub-Saharan Africa
- Science
- April 23, 2020, 06:00
One of the more ominous indicators of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa has been the dramatic recent shifts in rainfall patterns. With rain-fed agr(...)

Is 2020 the world’s last chance to tackle climate change?
- Environment
- February 22, 2020, 06:00
To say humanity is entering a make-or-break decade is no exaggeration, given the latest climate science. The year 2020 arrived with much talk of what (...)

Manifestos show disconnect from environmental reality
- Opinion
- February 5, 2020, 01:25
Last May, the Oireachtas declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. That was the easy bit. Since then, political inaction has spoken louder than w(...)

New ways to communicate on climate change but the message is still the same
- Science
- July 4, 2019, 01:00
Andrew Revkin is an acclaimed US science and environment writer who has reported on the climate crisis since the late 1980s for the New York Times, Di(...)

Failure to ban smoky coal endangering citizens’ lives - lobby group
- Irish News
- June 11, 2019, 02:00
Irish citizens’ lives are being endangered by Government inaction on smoky coal and must be put ahead of “vested commercial interests”, a group of sci(...)

Estimated 10,000 people strike for climate change
- Environment
- March 15, 2019
Young people across Ireland are protesting this lunchtime at 37 rallies seeking urgent action to address the growing threat of climate breakdown. The(...)

‘A stunning indictment’ - Irish climate change response criticised
- Environment
- December 10, 2018, 16:08
Ireland’s ranking as the worst performing country in the EU for action on climate change, for the second year in a row, was roundly criticised by envi(...)