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Australia has its own way of throttling science

Posted on 17 April 2018 by Peter Boyer

Malcolm Turnbull’s government is showing us there’s more than one way to kill off scientific research. While rolling back existing US climate measures, Donald Trump’s administration is busily rewriting the science of climate change to match its own version of … Continue reading →

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Forests used and abused in the name of climate action

Posted on 20 March 2018 by Peter Boyer

Governments claiming to be “meeting and beating” emissions targets are getting away with daylight robbery. For decades, statistics around forests, forestry and land-clearing have been the blunt instrument of choice to support all sides of the climate debate in Australia. … Continue reading →

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The calculated negligence of withholding climate data

Posted on 26 December 2017 by Peter Boyer

The Turnbull government is concealing massive policy failure I’m seeing red this Christmas. It’s happened in years past, but now at the end of 2017 it’s deeper and darker than ever. I don’t mean the red in shop windows or … Continue reading →

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