Senator Christine Milne

<strong>Media Release</strong>

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

All Australians should be alarmed at the accelerating rate of global warming highlighted by melting polar ice and extreme fires, the Australian Greens said today.

"Climate change is exacerbating bushfires in Australia because of higher temperatures, higher evaporation rates and changed rainfall patterns, as confirmed today by the chief of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, Kevin O'Loughlin," Greens climate change spokesperson Senator Christine Milne said in Hobart.