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Geoengineering: welcome to a brave new world

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Peter Boyer

With climate change now belatedly in the political spotlight, we need to focus on a new factor which dramatically raises the stakes. Climate change is now – finally – the dominant political issue it should always have been in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, carbon emissions and targets, carbon sequestration, changes to climate, geoengineering, land use, leadership | Tagged AFCIG, Andrew Lenton, Australian Forum for Climate Intervention Governance, carbon dioxide removal, CDR, Clare Heyward, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC assessment reports, Jeffrey McGee, Kerryn Brent, Phil Boyd, Phil Williamson, solar radiation management, SRM, University of Tasmania | Comments Off

Orlando shows why reform is so hard

Posted on 14 June 2016 by Peter Boyer

The trouble with terrorism is that it’s an excuse for not doing the hard stuff. The president said so, the presidential candidates said so, the FBI said so. It must be true. Orlando was an act of terror, a political … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, climate politics, community action, emissions trading, international politics, leadership, psychology, religion, social and personal issues, social mindsets | Tagged Al Gore, Andrew Wilkie, Australian politics, Boston Marathon, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, climate politics, community action, Donald Trump, emissions trading, George W. Bush, Hans Willink, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, international politics, ISIS, Islamic State, Jen Brown, John Howard, John Short, Julia Gillard, leadership, Nicky Cohen, Orlando, Paris, Paul Gilding, psychology, religion, San Bernadino, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Tony Abbott | Comments Off

For the sake of appearances, Greg Hunt sells out

Posted on 12 August 2014 by Peter Boyer

Approval of the Carmichael project ignores the biggest impact of all [12 August 2014 | Peter Boyer] Most people want to be seen by others as the genuine article, someone honest, reliable, what-you-see-is-what-you-get. But being human is complicated. As long … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising/marketing, atmospheric science, Australian politics, bureaucracy, business interests, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, changes to climate, climate politics, climate sensitivity, climate system, coal-fired, contrarians, economic activity, energy, environmental degradation, fossil fuels, future climate, gas-fired, human behaviour, land use, leadership, mining, modelling, psychology, renewable energy, science, social and personal issues | Tagged advertising/marketing, Andrew Bolt, atmospheric science, Australian politics, bureaucracy, business interests, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Carmichael Project, changes to climate, climate politics, climate sensitivity, climate system, coal-fired, contrarians, economic activity, energy, environmental degradation, fossil fuels, future climate, gas-fired, Greg Hunt, human behaviour, Hunter Valley, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Energy Agency, IPCC assessment reports, land use, leadership, Maules Creek, mining, modelling, New Zealand, psychology, renewable energy, science, social and personal issues, The Bolt Report, Tony Abbott, Tony Burke, Whitehaven Coal | Comments Off

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Geoengineering: welcome to a brave new world

Orlando shows why reform is so hard

For the sake of appearances, Greg Hunt sells out

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