Longtime Skeptic John Howard Acknowledges Climate Reality

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onDec 14, 2006 @ 09:46 PST

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a longtime climate skeptic, has embraced a key climate change forecast, warning Australians to prepare for more extreme weather events such as the current bushfires. Asked whether he accepted scientists’ predictions on extreme weather, Howard said: โ€œI think the country should prepare for a continuation of what we are nowย experiencing.โ€

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