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University should take lead on fossil fuel stocks

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Peter Boyer

Coal’s future looks gloomy, both ethically and financially. Now’s the time for the University of Tasmania to get out. [13 October 2015 | Peter Boyer] Volkswagen’s cheating scandal, a marketing and financial calamity for the giant car-maker, could trigger a … Continue reading →

Posted in batteries, business interests, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, changes to climate, climate sensitivity, climate system, coal-fired, divestment, economic activity, economic threat from climate, energy, fossil fuels, future climate, gas-fired, investment, leadership, peak coal, renewable energy, science, transport | Tagged Adam Lucas, Alan Kohler, Bank of England, batteries, business, business interests, Business Spectator, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, changes to climate, climate sensitivity, climate system, coal-fired, divestment, economic activity, economic threat from climate, employment, energy, fossil fuels, future climate, gas-fired, investment, leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Mark Carney, peak coal, renewable energy, Robert Gottliebsen, science, transport, University of Tasmania, University of Wollongong, Volkswagen | Comments Off

Coal is starting to look like a stranded asset

Posted on 21 October 2014 by Peter Boyer

Government support for King Coal is misplaced, short-sighted and foolish. [21 October 2014 | Peter Boyer] You might think money and power are what motivate the people who make those huge holes in the ground to dig up vast quantities … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, coal-fired, divestment, economic activity, economic threat from climate, energy, fossil fuels, investment, land use, leadership, mining, peak coal, renewable energy, solar, wind | Tagged Australian National University, Australian politics, Bank of England, business, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, changes to climate, China, Christopher Pyne, climate politics, climate system, coal-fired, divestment, economic activity, economic threat from climate, employment, energy, fossil fuels, Greg Hunt, Iluka Resources, Independence Group, India, International Energy Agency, investment, Jamie Briggs, Joe Hockey, land use, leadership, Mark Carney, Minerals Council of Australia, mining, Narendra Modi, Newcrest Minng, Oil Search, peak coal, renewable energy, Sandfire Resources, Santos, Sirius Resources, solar, Tony Abbott, Whitehaven Coal, wind | Comments Off

In praise of big thinkers

Posted on 26 August 2014 by Peter Boyer

I owe much to the wide-ranging, fearless thinking of two Tasmanians. [26 August 2014 | Peter Boyer] About seven years ago I got a telephone call from someone introducing himself as “Evans from Premaydena”. He asked if we could chat … Continue reading →

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University should take lead on fossil fuel stocks

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