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Taming the traffic: a Danish recipe for better cities

Posted on 2 March 2010 by Peter Boyer

One way of cutting down on motor vehicle emissions is to make it more pleasant to visit the city without your car close at hand. Enter Jan Gehl, whose mission is liveable cities. [2 March 2010 | Peter Boyer] When Jan … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, climate politics, community action, energy, fossil fuels, local government, road - cycle, social and personal issues, Tasmanian politics, transport, transport fuel, walking | Tagged Australia, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, climate change, community action, Copenhagen, Denmark, energy, fossil fuels, global warming, Hobart, Hobart City Council, Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzoe, local government, Peter Boyer, road - cycle, Rob Valentine, social and personal issues, Tasmania, Tasmanian politics, transport, transport fuel, University of Tasmania, walking | 1 Comment

Funny business over forests

Posted on 26 January 2010 by Peter Boyer

Tasmania stands to benefit from preserving its carbon-rich old forests, but Forestry Tasmania doesn’t seem to want to know. [26 January 2010 | Peter Boyer] In July last year I heard about a Wilderness Society project to assess the amount of … Continue reading →

Posted in biological resources, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, carbon sequestration, climate politics, forest science, forests and forestry, international meetings, international politics, land use, organisations and events, science, Tasmanian politics, trees | Tagged Australia, biological resources, Brendan Mackey, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, carbon sequestration, Claud Cockburn, climate change, Copenhagen, CSIRO, David Bartlett, forest science, Forestry Tasmania, forests and forestry, global warming, Hans Drielsma, international meetings, international politics, Ken Jeffreys, land use, Martin Moroni, MBAC Consulting, organisations and events, Peter Boyer, science, Tasmania, Tasmanian politics, trees, Wilderness Society, Winston Churchill | Comments Off

In rejecting reason, climate deniers are taking a dangerous path

Posted on 5 January 2010 by Peter Boyer

Denying a human factor in climate change is a win for instinct over reason. People in authority who choose the path of unreason, taking refuge in denial and ignoring the expert knowledge available to them, are putting our future in jeopardy. [5 … Continue reading →

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Taming the traffic: a Danish recipe for better cities

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In rejecting reason, climate deniers are taking a dangerous path

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