On the front page of the Daily Telegraph, Australia’s first comprehensive assessment of the risks from climate change became “SCIENCE FICTION”.

In other leading stories in recent weeks, wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels were a source of mountains of landfill waste.

Some might say there’s a pattern there that would not be out of character with News Corporation’s more than occasional animosity towards climate change science and renewable energy.

Was there any truth in all this? Let’s have a rummage.

Science fact not fiction

The National Climate Risk Assessment, released this month, found climate change would affect all aspects of Australian lives and the country’s economy.

“SCIENCE FICTION: Doomsday report out of this world: US expert

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