4 Lawmakers Doubt Need to Cut Gases

August 13, 2007 By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Four Australian governing party lawmakers on Monday rejected the idea that humans are causing global warming, the conclusion reached by their colleagues on a parliamentary committee.

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