Climate Tasmania

A Tasmanian take on the thorniest global issue since the dinosaurs. Based on Peter Boyer’s newspaper column in the Hobart Mercury.

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Climate Reality

The Climate Reality Project (originally named The Climate Project), founded by Al Gore, came to Australia in 2006. There are five Al Gore-trained Climate Reality volunteer presenters in Tasmania. To book a presentation for your school, community or workplace group, email Sustainable Living Tasmania or telephone (03) 62345566. The Climate Reality Project is administered in Australia by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

There’s rough weather ahead, Prime Minister

Climate change will be the toughest test of our new government. One election win does not a leader make, but success in reducing our emissions will find Kevin Rudd a place in history.

Why this election is so important

Climate change is making demands on our politicians like nothing before it. How they react during and after this Australian federal election will be the acid test — for them and us.

On being a climate sceptic

When it comes to climate change, it’s taken a lot to convince scientists that there’s a problem because they’re natural sceptics. “Climate sceptics” aren’t real sceptics, but badly informed and easily swayed by pseudo-science.