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Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND is published on 4th of September 2025 by @penguinbooksireland linktr.ee/lieoftheland #ClimateEmergency. ThinkOrSwim.ie.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jun 10

Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

My ideas around rationing of air travel, as explored in THE LIE OF THE LAND are quoted in an article on @thejournal.ie today, by Dr Catherine Conlon.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...

Opinion: Between lifting the cap and new Derry flights, is Darragh O'Brien minister for climate, or just transport?

Darragh O’Brien needs to make sure that his transport portfolio isn’t making things harder for his climate portfolio, Dr Catherine Conlon

www.thejournal.ie

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

Oh silly me, fussing over such trivia as the collapse of global food systems.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.

Tick. Tock.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

We’re entering a fascinating new phase of the #climate end-game, one where leaders, from Mark Carney in Canada to Micheál Martin here, perfectly understand how dire the situation is, yet decide - choose - to do absolutely nothing.

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Out of energy, out of ideas and out of time…

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

And pigs might fly.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

So it seems. Dire.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Fresh from his triumphant Áras campaign backing Jim Gavin, Micheál Martin again shows his deft political touch with this latest wheeze, one worthy of CJH himself or his FF mentor Bertie.

Shocking stuff.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Emily, it's farcical alright, and I tried to convey that sense.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Always enjoy a good debate, and where better than the TCD 'Phil' to participate.

Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.

Was happy to be on the winning side this time!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available.

Astute listeners may spot that I’m deeply unimpressed by our so-called “climate” minister, Darragh O’Brien, a man as out of touch with reality as he is out of his depth.

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

Did The Government Ignore The Climate Crisis In Budget 2026?

Critics have accused the government of failing to adequately tackle climate change in Budget 2026, which was announced by Minister for Finance Paschal Donoho...

www.todayfm.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Ivan the Terrible.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

This week’s Last Word on the Environment coming up shortly on Today FM. Topics to include Budget 2026 and #climate, US bullies EU to cut green rules and EU moots daft ‘veggie burger’ name ban.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Eoghan, glad you got to read it!

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

All perfectly normal. Nothing speaks of a sector’s confidence in its produce than its panicked efforts to cancel competitors, real and imaginary and stifle public choice.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

www.theguardian.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I listened to it live, could as easily have been broadcast 20 years ago.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Am due on East Coast FM very shortly to discuss #Budget2026 and its #climate and environmental impacts.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Great slogan, sure they are custodians of the seas after all.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

What an *interesting* way of framing the ongoing collapse of Ireland’s marine ecosystems, largely driven by industrial overfishing.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Fishing industry facing 'economic Armageddon'

The Irish fishing industry has warned it is bracing for catastrophic fishing quotas next year that "could collapse the Irish fishing sector and devastate major fishing communities".

www.rte.ie

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic. So many positive stories like that.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

On my (short term) list too…

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Magic!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.

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