Category Archives: carbon offsetting

Fundamentalism rears its head in the climate debate

Posted on 27 September 2011 by Peter Boyer

Conspiracy theorists and deniers of climate science findings are an influential undercurrent in the Coalition’s contribution to the carbon price debate. [27 September 2011 | Peter Boyer] Nearly two years ago, just before Tony Abbott won leadership of his party … Continue reading →

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Carbon — that other divide in our forests

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Peter Boyer

Australia’s impending carbon pricing scheme provides a framework for possible credits for Tasmanian forest managers, but they don’t seem to want to know about it. [23 August 2011 | Peter Boyer] There’s a curious thing about the “Tasmanian forests intergovernmental … Continue reading →

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At last, something seems to be happening

Posted on 26 July 2011 by Peter Boyer

The carbon pricing regime will be the start of a long road toward a much-needed paradigm shift for Australia [26 July 2011 | Peter Boyer] Should the Gillard government’s “Clean Energy Future” scheme become law in coming months, one of … Continue reading →

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