Environment Secretary Owen Paterson today refused to back David Cameron’s claim that the devastating storms which have battered Britain are linked to climate change.
The Tory minister, who is widely viewed as a climate change sceptic, seemed unable to bring himself to endorse the Prime Minister’s view that global warming was to blame for the 60mph winds, heavy rain and floods which have swept across most of the country.
It came as the Met Office insisted it was too early to say what was the cause of the terrible weather, amid warnings that Britain must be braced for sub-zero temperatures and snow this weekend .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk
