Category Archives: wind

Community energy: an idea whose time has come

Posted on 6 February 2018 by Peter Boyer

The big gap in our arsenal to expand renewable energy – between home systems and power utilities – can be filled by community energy, and it can’t happen too soon. In humanity’s greatest challenge – to survive and thrive without … 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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Al Gore’s endless, ever-hopeful mission

Posted on 12 December 2017 by Peter Boyer

While his government dismantles environmental laws and sacks climate scientists, Gore’s mission of a lifetime continues. Al Gore is the great optimist of the global movement for climate action. While warning about the dangers of global warming, the former US … Continue reading →

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