Lies R Us ... give the !@$%^&*() some feedback about his despicable wilful negilgence ... ... Environment Minister Greg Hunt was given a thorough briefing about the effects of climate change on Australias weather patterns three weeks before he told a BBC radio interview he had sourced information on bushfires and global warming from Wikipedia. Confidential Bureau of Meteorology briefings, obtained by Fairfax Media through freedom-of-information laws, show senior officials warned Mr Hunt that the extreme heat that baked Australia in 2013 was unprecedented before Mr Hunt downplayed any link between fires and climate change in an interview with the BBCs Newshour in October last year. The initial briefings show officials advised Mr Hunt that recent extreme heat was consistent with a pattern of global warming, while subsequent advice in November said climate change had increased the odds of severe weather conducive to severe bushfires occurring.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:41:41 +0000
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