Tag Archives: climate politics

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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Coming to terms with President Trump

Posted on 15 November 2016 by Peter Boyer

Donald Trump has much to learn about a lot of things, including climate change. But he will learn nothing from Myron Ebell. Every four years, till we’re sick of hearing it, US presidential candidates tell their electors and the world what … Continue reading →

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