Australia's former prime minister denies climate change then calls it 'beneficial.' Yea, it's confusing

Former Australian prime minister and current MP Tony Abbott has said no “big change” in our climate has resulted from increasing carbon dioxide levels in the past century, and called global warming “beneficial” in the same speech.

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On Monday, Abbott was invited to speak at the Global Warming Policy Foundation in Westminster, London. It’s one of the UK’s most prominent climate denial groups, founded in 2009 by former chancellor and member of the House of Lords Nigel Lawson.

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Source: Mashable | Australia's former prime minister denies climate change then calls it 'beneficial.' Yea, it's confusing