Climate Tasmania

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

Looking the future in the eye

The chances of us getting through the next decade without significant economic damage are zero, says Nicole Foss [27 May 2012 | Peter Boyer]

Everyone, I’m sure, agrees that some big changes lie ahead. Climate and energy are in the mix, as are governments and economies. All very important, but I reckon that your central concern [...]

Kate Crowley bows out

Departing thoughts from the inaugural chair of Tasmania’s Climate Action Council [21 February 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Time is speeding up — have you noticed? As a child, a couple of hours in a classroom was an eternity, but now I’m still getting used to a year (or a decade) when we arrive at the next [...]

The battle for science

Powerful interests in the US and Australia are seeking to silence our scientists and anaesthetise us against the impact of their findings. [14 February 2012 | Peter Boyer]
Human enlightenment is a fragile thing, and don’t ever think otherwise. Here’s a sobering story about how ignorant, self-serving ideology can destroy good science.
In 1934 a distinguished Russian biologist [...]