Climate Tasmania

Paper given at Climate Action Hobart forum, “Tasmania’s Energy Future” [Peter Boyer | 30 March 2011]
Half a century ago, a seminar about Tasmania’s energy future would have been a pretty predictable affair. Eric Reece [Premier through the 1960s], Alan Knight [long-serving head of Tasmania’s Hydro-Electric Commission] or one of any number of white-shirted functionaries, most [...]

Tasmanian politicians are still trying to come to grips with how to tackle climate change. Four party representatives have shown that that we might be able to find common cause and start to act coherently — if only party hacks could get out of the way. [16 March 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Here’s one for the history [...]

Solid, practical action by government on climate is looking increasingly like a vain hope. Short-term gain, vested interests and opportunistic politics are making it tougher than ever for governments to persevere. [9 March 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Amid all the talk of a changing world, human nature remains as it always was. Among the many things about us [...]