Category Archives: changes to climate

The words they dare not speak

Posted on 13 November 2018 by Peter Boyer

For reasons that remain obscure, our governments seem incapable of facing the climate demon As the bone-dry desert kingdom of Jordan suffers its second deadly flash-flood in a fortnight, a placid late autumn in California is suddenly overwhelmed by apocalyptic … Continue reading →

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Geoengineering: welcome to a brave new world

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

With climate change now belatedly in the political spotlight, we need to focus on a new factor which dramatically raises the stakes. Climate change is now – finally – the dominant political issue it should always have been in this … Continue reading →

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Words the Hodgman government dares not utter

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

The Tasmanian government’s climate change narrative is that if climate change is real and man-made, what we do doesn’t matter. But it does. If you’re in power and want to stay there, all you need to know is this: own … Continue reading →

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