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As Australia Burns, a Climate-Change Denier Rallies the Troops - The New York Times
Scroll through the Facebook page of Craig Kelly, a conservative politician, and you’ll see why the country has not taken strong action on global warming.
SUTHERLAND, Australia — Throughout Australia’s devastating fire season, one Facebook page has rallied an angry public like no other, with more shares and comments than anything coming from the prime minister or the country’s largest environmental groups.
That page belongs to Craig Kelly — a former furniture salesman who has spent a decade in Parliament setting himself up as the climate-change denier in chief.[paywall]
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Typical of his posters: '“Bushfires have nothing to do with ‘climate change’” or “Beware of climate alarmists: Everything they tell you is a lie.”' His rationale: saving jobs in industries that produce carbon & other pollutants.
Scroll through the Facebook page of Craig Kelly, a conservative politician, and you’ll see why the country has not taken strong action on global warming.
SUTHERLAND, Australia — Throughout Australia’s devastating fire season, one Facebook page has rallied an angry public like no other, with more shares and comments than anything coming from the prime minister or the country’s largest environmental groups.
That page belongs to Craig Kelly — a former furniture salesman who has spent a decade in Parliament setting himself up as the climate-change denier in chief.[paywall]
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Typical of his posters: '“Bushfires have nothing to do with ‘climate change’” or “Beware of climate alarmists: Everything they tell you is a lie.”' His rationale: saving jobs in industries that produce carbon & other pollutants.