Monday, March 14, 2011

Carbon dioxide not the bad guy, says Abbott - National News - National - General - Barossa & Light Herald

THE Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has again questioned the scientific evidence for climate change, saying he does not accept that carbon dioxide is a proven ''environmental villain'' or that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is the most important environmental challenge.

The Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet, seized on the comments by Mr Abbott yesterday as ''proof'' the Liberal Party's climate policy is based on ''the extreme view that climate change doesn't exist''.

Speaking at a community forum in Perth, Mr Abbott said: ''I don't think we can say that the science is settled here.

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