Climate Tasmania

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

Titanic: a centennial reflection aboard Spaceship Earth

[2 February 2012 | Arthur Marcel]

WIKIPEDIA: “The RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States, and sank on 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.”
The following essay [...]

On politics, prophets and practicalities

In the face of failing political initiatives on climate, there is much to be gained from some inspiring writing published this month. [18 May 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Professor Tim Flannery’s attack on Kevin Rudd last week for his “breach of faith” with Australians on climate change was as accurate as it was futile. An election is [...]

How Kevin Rudd threw out the baby with the bath water

The virtual abandonment of emissions trading has thrown into question the Rudd government’s commitment to climate action, yet there remains the option of adopting a simpler, more effective carbon tax scheme. [4 May 2010 | Peter Boyer]
For a couple of years, writing this column was something that seemed to come easily to me, with plenty of [...]