John Gibbons 🇵🇸

Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @PenguinIEBooks. It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.

“Hard to escape the feeling that world is rapidly descending into a new dark Age of Idiocracy – one dominated by deranged politicians, predatory corporations & billionaire narcissists who have disengaged from reality”. My take in today’s @businessposthq businesspost.ie/analysis-opini…

Very pleased to have taken part in a public interview and Q&A with Maria Dickenson, chair of @BAbooksellers Ireland at @chaptersbooks last night to discuss my upcoming book, 'The Lie Of The Land', due for publication on Sept. 4th via @PenguinIEBooks

Pod of this week's @lstwrd on the Environment with @cooper_m on @TodayFM is now posted on Thinkorswim.ie. We discussed the unrealised potential of district heating, plus macabre new trend in 'last chance tourism' as the world burns. thinkorswim.ie/untapped-poten…

This week’s @lstwrd on the Environment with @cooper_m coming up shortly on TodayFM.

Pod of @lstwrd on environment with @cooper_m on Today FM now available. We covered heatwaves & how heat is a silent killer; plus deadly #climate fuelled downpours. We also discussed existential threat climate poses to global financial system goloudplayer.com/episodes/recen…

This week’s @lstwrd on the environment with @cooper_m on @TodayFM is coming up shortly. We’ll be discussing heatwaves & killer flooding events. Plus: is #climate change likely to trigger a global financial crash?

Pod of this week’s @lstwrd on the Environment with @cooper_m on @TodayFM FM now available. We discussed seabird protection, nuclear shutdown in heatwave & China’s renewables revolution. todayfm.com/podcasts/the-l…

This week’s @lstwrd on the Environment on @TodayFM coming up very soon with @cooper_m: saving seabirds, Europe’s scorching temperatures & China’s renewables revolution among the topics.

Ahead of this week's @lstwrd on the Environment on @TodayFM later this afternoon, icymi, here's a recording of last week's slot, where we discussed illegal bog mining, noise pollution & France's move to ban outdoor smoking. thinkorswim.ie/official-irela…

🗣️ "Have you read the EPA report?" @think_or_swim challenges environmental claims 🗣️ "You're wrong and you know you're wrong," @MHealyRae fires back #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Can you categorically say that this is a massive change, that this is down to global warming?" @leeofthemail 🗣️ "What we can say with a lot of confidence is that we are operating in a completely different climatic system," @think_or_swim #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "The European continent is heating at twice the global average rate," @think_or_swim warns on the alarming implications of the current heatwave across the Northern Hemisphere #TonightVMTV

Live from 10pm, @leeofthemail will be joined by Michael Healy-Rae TD, Thomas Gould TD, Gabija Gataveckaitė and John Gibbons to discuss: 🚨Does the government have what it takes to tackle the housing crisis? 🚨Third-level college fee hikes 🚨Europe heatwave #TonightVMTV

As Europe wilts under a record #heatwave, a scene reminiscent of 'The Hunger Games' unfolded as over 90 private jets descended on Venice for marriage of hyper-billionaire Jeff Bezos. My piece on heatwaves, #climate & oligarchs is in @thejournal_ie thejournal.ie/readme/heatwav…

This week’s @lstwrd on the environment with @cooper_m on @TodayFM coming up shortly. We’ll be discussing illegal peat extraction, noise pollution and China’s solar PV miracle.

This week’s @lstwrd on the Environment on TodayFM is coming up shortly with @ianguider in the chair. We’ll be discussing An Post’s HVO vehicles, Finnish sand (yes, sand) batteries; soaring global temperatures, and more.

A very full 200 edition chat. Hope you enjoy it.

Pod of this week's extended @lstwrd on the Environment, edition #200 with @cooper_m on @TodayFM is now available. todayfm.com/podcasts/the-l…

Bumper #200 episode of my weekly @lstwrd on the Environment with @cooper_m coming up around 5.20pm on @TodayFM . Lots of listener questions have been submitted; will do our best to address as many as possible on today's extended edition...