There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.
Peter GarrettThere are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.
Peter GarrettOnce you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.
Peter GarrettThe challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.
Peter GarrettBut no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.
Peter Garrett