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Australia: Scientists say climate change link to bushfires demands action
Posted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Tracy Bowden on October 21st, 2013
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: With claims that current climate policies would lead to more bushfires, Deputy Greens Leader Adam Bandt was accused of politicising the a natural disaster, but scientists say the link between global warming and fires is established and demands action.
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ANNABEL CRABB, PRESENTER: Behind the fire fronts, a secondary battle is underway, a political dispute about the links between climate change, extreme weather and bushfires.
Deputy Greens Leader Adam Bandt started it with a tweet...
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Posted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Tracy Bowden on January 19th, 2013
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Bushfires in Victoria have destroyed a number of homes as the Country Fire Authority fights a 25,000-hectare blaze around Gippsland in the state's south-east.
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TRACY BOWDEN, PRESENTER: Tonight the heat is on for fire fighters across huge sections of the country, with bushfires burning in Victoria and New South Wales.
Scorching temperatures and strong winds sparked emergency after emergency, as fires broke containment lines, consuming tens of thousands of hectares of bushland. ...
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