Australia’s spy agency predicted the climate crisis 40 years ago – and fretted about coal exports
by Graham Readfearn from on (#5SDQ9)
In a taste of things to come, a secret Office of National Assessment report worried the carbon dioxide problem' would hurt the nation's coal industry
The report was stamped CONFIDENTIAL twice on each page, with the customary warning it should not be released to any other government except Britain, Canada, NZ and US".
About 40 years ago this week, the spooks at Australia's intelligence agency, the Office of National Assessments (ONA), delivered the 17-page report to prime minister Malcolm Fraser.
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