Category Archives: inquiries and reports

We can do without the gold standard rules, thank you

Posted on 1 December 2015 by Peter Boyer

Greg Hunt’s optimism is misplaced. It’s past time our government dropped the deception over emissions. [1 December 2015 | Peter Boyer] Last week we got an idea of how Australia might put its case in the Paris climate meeting when … Continue reading →

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The high price of today’s inaction

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Peter Boyer

What we do now and over the next decade to lessen our impact on the planet will determine our future. Doing nothing is not an option, says the IPCC. [11 November 2014 | Peter Boyer] A sprightly octogenarian scholar and … Continue reading →

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Wishful thinking can’t prevent global warming

Posted on 11 March 2014 by Peter Boyer

Maintaining that global warming has stalled since 1997 is pure delusion. [11 March 2014 | Peter Boyer] “Seventeen and a half years. Not a flicker of global warming.” That was Christopher Monckton’s take on satellite temperature data released last week … Continue reading →

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