Climate Tasmania

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

Wedges of hope, or despair?

Tony Abbott’s climate “policy” and Tasmania’s emissions analysis confirm what we’re up against in our battle to reduce emissions. [9 February 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Five years ago, with no climate policies in place, Australia’s challenge to cut carbon emissions seemed immense. A couple of events last week strengthened my view that it’s now ten times harder.
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