Murdoch on climate change: 'The Maldives might disappear or something'

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As Australian government edges towards repealing carbon tax, media magnate gives voice to his climate scepticism

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has revealed the full extent of his rejection of mainstream climate change science, insisting that if temperatures do rise by 3ºC this century "at the very most one of...

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