Tag Archives: Climate Action Hobart

Behind the bustle, a wall of silence

Posted on 4 June 2013 by Peter Boyer

Tasmania’s major parties have a huge responsibility to implement effective climate policy, but leadership is sadly absent. [4 June 2013 | Peter Boyer] If being busy is any guide, climate change is all the rage in Tasmania. Here’s a snapshot … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, built environment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, leadership, solar, Tasmanian politics | Tagged Australian politics, Bill McKibben, Blueprint for Action, built environment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Cassy O'Connor, Climate Action Hobart, climate politics, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, Jeremy Ball, Lara Giddings, leadership, Lesley Hughes, Low Carbon Tasmania, Rick Leighton, solar, Tasmanian Climate Action Council, Tasmanian politics, TCAC, Will Hodgman, Will Steffen | 1 Comment

Politics, not science, is driving climate debate

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Peter Boyer

The science behind climate change is increasingly clear. What is preventing action is governments’ losing war with powerful private interests. [22 January 2013 | Peter Boyer] Hobart was the global epicentre of the climate debate last week. Luminaries of climate … Continue reading →

Posted in atmospheric science, Australian politics, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Climate Action Hobart, climate politics, economic activity, economic restructuring, emissions trading, future climate, international politics, IPCC, leadership, marine sciences, modelling, oceanography, organisations and events, science, sea level, temperature | Tagged Alec Rawls, atmospheric science, Australian politics, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Climate Action Hobart, climate politics, Curtin University, Del Weston, economic activity, economic restructuring, emissions trading, future climate, Gavin Mooney, international politics, IPCC assessment reports, leadership, marine sciences, modelling, oceanography, organisations and events, Rajendra Pachauri, science, sea level, temperature | 2 Comments

On being thankful for small mercies

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Peter Boyer

Sustainability policy is moving at a snail’s pace in Tasmania, but elsewhere things are moving even more slowly. [13 November 2012 | Peter Boyer] There’s a story going round that Tasmania is a basket case. With a near-empty kitty we … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptation, agriculture and farming, Australian politics, bureaucracy, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, coal-fired, economic activity, energy, energy conservation, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, growth, human behaviour, hydro, international politics, land use, leadership, local government, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Tasmanian politics, wind | Tagged adaptation, agriculture and farming, Australian politics, Barak Obama, bureaucracy, Business Council of Australia, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Cassy O'Connor, Climate Action Hobart, climate politics, coal-fired, economic activity, energy, energy conservation, Environment Tasmania, Forestry Tasmania, forests and forestry, fossil fuels, growth, Hobart City Council, human behaviour, hydro, Hydro Tasmania, international politics, John P. Milton, Julia Gillard, land use, Lara Giddings, leadership, local government, Local Government Association of Tasmania, Martin Ferguson, Sinclair-Knight-Merz, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Sustainable Living Tasmania, Tasmanian Climate Action Council, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Tasmanian politics, Tony Abbott, wind | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Climate Action Hobart

Behind the bustle, a wall of silence

Politics, not science, is driving climate debate

On being thankful for small mercies

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