Climate Tasmania

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

The overlooked emissions that we need to account for

Carbon reduction measures won’t be enough to get us to our targets while we continue to overlook significant emission sources. [15 March 2011 | Peter Boyer]
If ever there was an issue custom-designed for political carnage, it’s human-induced climate change.
In the battle to secure effective policy to cut carbon emissions, John Howard, Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin [...]

The black, flaky miracle that is biochar

An ancient soil enricher is set to be an important tool in the battle to reduce atmospheric carbon, while also helping us grow more food. [6 July 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Every now and again in the big, unfolding saga that is climate change you find yourself heading back to the future, looking at something simple and [...]

Our first climate minister sees cause for hope

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 [...]