Climate denialism is bought and paid for by a rotten political system

The persistence of climate denialism in Australian politics reflects the wealth of mining and energy companies.
— Read on www.crikey.com.au/2019/11/18/climate-denialism-rotten-political-system/

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The country’s top bureaucrats say Government appears unprepared for climate change – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

“The problem with Australia is that we’re probably more prone to these disasters than many other countries but we’re probably one of the least-prepared simply because we don’t have this overarching government framework that’s needed to help us plan,” he said.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-11/government-appears-unprepared-for-climate-change/11492886

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Firefighting aircraft ‘in mothballs’ overseas while country burns

“They should be looking at these scooping aircraft because Croatia, Italy France, Portugal and Canada have all got them and they are all in mothballs in winter. There are dozens of them and they are cheaper than jets.

Where the bloody hell is @scottmorrisonMP?
— Read on amp.smh.com.au/national/firefighting-aircraft-in-mothballs-overseas-while-country-burns-20191228-p53naw.html

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‘Now Let’s Do This Everywhere’: Kansas City, Missouri Approves Free Public Transit for All

Measure championed as “visionary” way to reduce inequality and better serve everyone in the community.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/06/now-lets-do-everywhere-kansas-city-missouri-approves-free-public-transit-all

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Volts for Oil | Fully Charged – YouTube

Volts for Oil | Fully Charged – YouTube
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The coal hard facts: you can’t fill pits with water unless it rains

So yes, plant the lakes, beautify them. But don’t think these flooded pits give coal some kind of retrospective redemption. Better than planting anew is not clear-felling in in the first place. And better than filling holes with water is not mining coal, henceforth. At all.
— Read on www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-coal-hard-facts-you-can-t-fill-pits-with-water-unless-it-rains-20191227-p53n33.html

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‘You have utterly no clue’: why ‘climate emergency’ is Australia’s ultimate outrage trigger

At any level of Australian government, there is little so divisive as suggesting that a climate emergency be declared
— Read on www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/30/you-have-utterly-no-clue-why-climate-emergency-is-australias-ultimate-outrage-trigger

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East Gippsland bushfire emergencies grow as extreme heat sweeps Victoria

Cr White, a grazier and long-term resident of the area, said he had never seen East Gippsland so dry.

“We’ve never ever had all of our surface water disappear as it has,” he said.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-30/victoria-braces-for-day-of-extreme-bushfire-danger/11831632

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It turns out Morrison ‘doing nothing’ on climate was the best-case scenario

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, the government is there to pour fossil fuel on the bushfires.
— Read on www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6558856/it-turns-out-morrison-doing-nothing-on-climate-was-the-best-case-scenario/

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Fossil Fuel Giants Claim To Support Climate Science, Yet Still Fund Denial

Fourteen oil and gas companies are funding a website that attacks scientists and undermines their work.
— Read on m.huffingtonpost.com.au/

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