Climate Tasmania

Tasmania’s new climate change minister Nick McKim is an optimist, which according to one definition is an uninformed pessimist. But he’s determined to make a difference. [1 June 2010 | Peter Boyer]
To use a topical metaphor, science and politics are like oil and water. One deals with the world as it is, the other with the [...]

Concerned Hobart citizens have drafted an achievable set of strategies that would be an excellent basis for government policy for Tasmania. A campaign by Climate Action Hobart will seek to bring climate policy to the fore in the coming Tasmanian elections. [20 February 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Address to “Climate Solutions” rally, Parliament House, Hobart, 20 February [...]

Climate change seems to have missed a place on the Tasmanian election agenda. Now a campaign is under way to put it in its rightful place, at the top of Tasmania’s “to do” list. [19 January 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Change is in the air. Big issues are swirling around us, calling for big decisions. Within two [...]