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What do the floods tell us about climate change?

Posted on 1 February 2011 by Peter Boyer

The big floods have roused a hornets’ nest over their link to climate change and the potential culpability of coal miners. [1 February | Peter Boyer] We all know that one swallow doesn’t make a summer, any more than one … Continue reading →

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Combet, the Greens and that carbon price

Posted on 28 December 2010 by Peter Boyer

Getting the settings in place to curb our relentlessly rising carbon emissions is the public policy challenge of our age. At year’s end there’s some hope that we might be making progress. [28 December 2010 | Peter Boyer] It’s always … Continue reading →

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At last, some movement on a carbon price

Posted on 5 October 2010 by Peter Boyer

There can be only one winner in the carbon-pricing endgame being played in Canberra. [5 October 2010 | Peter Boyer] We’ve learned to lower our expectations when it comes to getting carbon pricing in place. It’s exaggerating to say Julia Gillard’s … Continue reading →

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