Category Archives: consumption

Where is Turnbull in the renewable revolution?

Posted on 3 January 2017 by Peter Boyer

While Malcolm Turnbull and his ministers bang the coal industry drum, renewable energy is powering along. Whatever happened to Turnbull’s spirit of innovation? Just over a year ago, amid much fanfare, Malcolm Turnbull announced the program that he wanted to … Continue reading →

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Unless we pay for it, our waste will consume us

Posted on 3 November 2015 by Peter Boyer

The tail-end of the development pipeline is, as usual, being ignored, and Australia’s worst-offending state is Tasmania [3 November 2015 | Peter Boyer] Cancer, sex, religion and death no longer seem to be on the list of items to be … Continue reading →

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Francis recasts the debate about climate change

Posted on 23 June 2015 by Peter Boyer

The papal encyclical on Earth’s ecological crisis will shift the political landscape on climate change [23 June 2015 | Peter Boyer] Pope Francis has spoken, and he says this: Life on earth is in danger as a result of human … Continue reading →

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