Category Archives: contrarians

The words they dare not speak

Posted on 13 November 2018 by Peter Boyer

For reasons that remain obscure, our governments seem incapable of facing the climate demon As the bone-dry desert kingdom of Jordan suffers its second deadly flash-flood in a fortnight, a placid late autumn in California is suddenly overwhelmed by apocalyptic … Continue reading →

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IPCC gives us just a decade to fix things

Posted on 16 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

…but who’s listening? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that dangerous climate change will be unavoidable without a rapid, powerful and unprecedented global effort, starting now. Our government’s response can best be described as a shrug. Coming at … Continue reading →

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Words the Hodgman government dares not utter

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

The Tasmanian government’s climate change narrative is that if climate change is real and man-made, what we do doesn’t matter. But it does. If you’re in power and want to stay there, all you need to know is this: own … Continue reading →

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