To firefighters, it is not just numbers and statistics, it is very real, the United Firefighters Union (UFU) representative told AAP. Before 30,000 people in Melbourne, Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt evoked the memory of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, while firefighters spoke of their fears of increasingly hotter days. There is no sceptic at the end of a fire hose, UFU secretary Peter Marshall told the Melbourne rally. This week global delegates in Warsaw for annual climate talks were warned by the World Meteorological Organization that 2013 was on track to be the hottest year since records began. Australias Bureau of Meteorology made the same prediction, and rally organisers encouraged people to wear hot summer colours to highlight concerns about extreme weather events. Politicians from federal Labor and the Greens also used the opportunity to put the boot into the Australian government over its tabling in parliament this week of laws to scrap the carbon tax. news.smh.au/breaking-news-national/tens-of-thousands-rally-for-climate-change-20131117-2xoyw.html
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:02:07 +0000
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