Tag Archives: carbon emissions and targets

A government at a crossroads

Posted on 10 January 2017 by Peter Boyer

It’s time Tasmanian leaders accepted responsibility for mitigating climate change. Will Hodgman’s government is nothing if not busy when it comes to getting the message out. In the past month it has put out 126 media releases – over four … Continue reading →

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How industry is getting on with deploying renewables

Posted on 13 December 2016 by Peter Boyer

Industry makes the running while the politics of climate and energy remain in a rut Politicians and others holding out for a fossil-fuelled future had a big win last week. On top of the Turnbull government’s relentless denigration of wind and … Continue reading →

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Marrakech and the moving feast of climate politics

Posted on 22 November 2016 by Peter Boyer

Could a Donald Trump presidency kill off effective global climate action? Politics is a game played around reality, which is to say it’s not about reality at all, but about what we’d like it to be. The UN climate meeting at … Continue reading →

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