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A banker’s thoughts on the science of climate

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Peter Boyer

It’s fine for a banker to endow us with his wisdom on financial matters. It’s not fine when he uses his platform to contradict the prevailing science of climate change. [13 December 2011 | Peter Boyer] A couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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That niggling matter of temperature

Posted on 15 April 2008 by Peter Boyer

Amid all the statistical noise, the evidence says that our carbon emissions are causing a general warming of our planet. Continue reading →

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How do we get climate science into living rooms?

Posted on 11 March 2008 by Peter Boyer

Getting ordinary people to accept scientific advice on something as complex and hard to see as climate change will not be an easy task. Most of all, it will require politicians to be aware of the science and committed to acting on it. Continue reading →

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