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Wed 08 Aug 2008Gormley criticised for blaming floods on climate
MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has been criticised by the Opposition for blaming the latest floods on climate change instead of providing funding to deal with the damage and initiating flood prevention works.
Labour Party environment spokeswoman Joanna Tuffy said the Minister's response was an insult to people's intelligence and represented a failure by the Greens, as a party of Government, to accept responsibility for the lack of adequate preparations.
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