Climate Tasmania

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

Making the impossible happen

Getting action on climate is looking more difficult by the day. To succeed, we will need to show determination, care, patience — and unity. [15 August 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Address given at the 2010 Hobart Walk Against Warming
I’ll let you in on a little secret. This doesn’t come easily to me. I’m not a great public [...]

Climate policy goes missing in a dispiriting election campaign

The major parties have departed the scene when it comes to action on climate in this 2010 federal election. Their policies are next to worthless in the absence of an effective carbon pricing scheme. [10 August 2010 | Peter Boyer]
The neat, purposeful television and newspaper images of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott in campaign mode hide [...]

US report: Global warming is real and happening quickly

A leading climate agency presents more powerful evidence that the world is rapidly warming. [3 August 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Earth has just experienced its hottest decade since we began measuring such things, and 2010 is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded. That’s the official word from the world’s leading national climate agency.

These observations [...]