Category Archives: Bureau of Meteorology

Strong emissions targets are the real leadership test

Posted on 30 June 2015 by Peter Boyer

The government looks the goods on terrorism, but climate change presents a much bigger challenge. [30 June 2015 | Peter Boyer] When federal parliament voted last week to cut by 20 per cent the amount of clean energy it aims … 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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Don’t judge a year by a cold snap

Posted on 11 January 2011 by Peter Boyer

Dealing with a counter-intuitive reality [11 January 2011 | Peter Boyer] Walking the dog on Fern Tree’s Pipeline Track, every so often I encounter our local weatherman, Bradley Hudson. We chat about this and that, including of course the weather … Continue reading →

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