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The truth about Australia's fires — arsonists aren't responsible for many

Australia's massive blazes have sparked big headlines about arsonists, but they're responsible for about 1 per cent of the total land burned in NSW — and it's a similar story in other states.

Mixed fortunes for firefighters in NSW and Victoria
A blaze in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, deteriorates overnight as firefighters continue to battle through wind changes in Victoria.

Analysis: As Australia burns, you get the sense Morrison is rattling off an alibi
Bushfires are changing our lives and that means they are changing our political conversation. This is what we must start talking about, writes Laura Tingle.

Before-and-after photos show how much a country can change in a fortnight
This bushfire season was always predicted to be ferocious, but with months of hot weather to go, it has already left a scar on the nation.

Victorian fire crews battle through challenging night amid erratic winds
A cool change brings erratic winds and even rain to Victoria's firegrounds, but authorities warn "the risk is far from over" as firefighters race to bring the blazes under control during milder conditions today.

 

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I found this on another site:

We
Are
Killing
Animals
By
The
Billions
Unnecessarily

Because thats what human beings do.
And now that we've fucker this planet almost beyond reasoning we're going to destroy us all.

These animals in Australia don't deserve to be treated like this, to have to go through this, and to die like this.
And I'm not prioritizing animals over people but human beings caused climate change and now the animals are suffering because of it.

How much more do you have to see?
AND
Don't you dare turn away from the images of the poor koala bears in pain with burns and
their fur singed off.

And the poor kangaroos.

And even more the billions already dead.
We did this to them.
We are the murderers.
We did this.
We are to blame.
Science does not care about your beliefs.


We did this to them.
And I hope Australia has a vote of no confidence on Scott Morrison.
He is to 1000% to blame for this and should be held accountable for this.
:'(

It doesn't have to be like this...........
It just doesn't.

 

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I need to take some time off from this.....

 

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I need to take some time off from this.....

thanks FSU
YES, feel i understand

 

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thinking
the wise suggested we
'eat less meat'
to help us combat GW/CC huh
not interested in talking of the real culprits huh
they seldom do that

 

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be proud of you Aus
if anyone can,its you

Australian bushfires ease, promise reprieve to build defences
9:24 pm on 11 January 2020
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Bushfire conditions eased in Australia on Saturday after a gruelling night for firefighters, with authorities saying they expect at least a week of milder weather in which to step up defences against the huge blazes still burning.

A firefighter walks past burning trees during a battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on 31 December. Photo: AFP

Cooler temperatures and rainfall had eased conditions after Friday's strong southerly wind change that packed gusts of more than 100 kph, whipping some fires on the east coast up to the emergency warning level.

The much needed respite was an opportunity to consolidate and try and get the upper hand over the fires, said Shane Fitzsimmons, commissioner of the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service.

"It would appear that we have got at least a week," Fitzsimmons told a media briefing. "It will probably be the best seven days we have had without a rise of very dangerous fire ratings."

New South Wales police said in a statement that areas not affected by the bushfires of the South Coast, a popular holiday destination, are in a position to reopen for business, although national parks remain close until 1 February.

Firefighters tackle a bushfire in thick smoke in the town of Moruya, south of Batemans Bay, in New South Wales on 4 January. Photo: AFP

Officials have been urging foreign tourists to continue visiting Australia, which depends on income from tourism as the industry accounts for 3.1 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

South Australian fire officials said the situation on Kangaroo Island has stabilised after more than 200,000 hectares (494,000 acres) had burnt in blazes described as "hell on earth", by the island's mayor, Michael Pengill, on Twitter.

Australian bushfires ease, promise reprieve to build defences

 

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Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones, Murdoch Media
— By Justin Mikulka (3 min. read) —
As unusually intense and widespread bushfires have ravaged a drought-ridden Australia, bots and trolls have begun pushing climate science denial across the internet in the form of conspiracy theories about the fires. Thanks to climate change, exceptionally hot, dry drought conditions have worsened and lengthened Australia's typical fire season.

Two of the main conspiracies about the fires are based on the false ideas that they are caused by a spate of arson and they have been worsened by the Green Party's supposed efforts to stop controlled burns as a fire management and reduction measure.


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Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones, Murdoch Media

 

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a Sunday thought
TAKE HEART AUSTRALIA
you are doing very well,considering
27 lost over several months
250-000 in the boxing day Tsunami
sad, either way yes
but
thinking of you in this region
thought 2
that other region
has regular disasters
and losses,
i would suggest,almost just as severe
but instant/short lived,may be the difference

 

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dont know if,but doe-sent matter does it ..

Satellites show devastating toll of Australian wildfires on wildlife and human populations
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biggest joke currently

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Australia’s government needs to take drastic action to prevent future fires—and so do the rest of us

Dispatches from the front lines of climate change.

Australia’s government needs to take drastic action to prevent future fires—and so do the rest of us

 

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cant believe but
do hope they can fly off to santuary

 

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again
DESMOG
one of the best for information ..

Australia, Your Country Is Burning – Dangerous Climate Change Is Here With You Now
— Michael Mann, The Guardian (4 min. read) —

After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events.

Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family. We went to see the Great Barrier Reef — one of the great wonders of this planet — while we still can. Subject to the twin assaults of warming-caused bleaching and ocean acidification, it will be gone in a matter of decades in the absence of a dramatic reduction in global carbon emissions.


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A Look Back at Some of DeSmog's Major Investigations of 2019
— By Dana Drugmand (8 min. read) —
As 2019 comes to a close, DeSmog is reflecting on another year that featured high-impact investigations and accountability reporting by our team of journalists about the reckless fossil fuel industry. From new revelations regarding dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure, to new documents shedding light on early efforts to undermine climate science and exert industry influence over climate and energy policy, the past year was filled with exceptional investigative work by DeSmog. The following recaps some of the highlights of our public interest reporting over the past year.


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2019 in Photos: Impacts from Environmental Rollbacks and the Growing Climate Activism
— By Julie Dermansky (7 min. read) —
Here is a selection of photos I shot for DeSmog in 2019, another year when arguably not enough collective action was taken to protect the planet from global warming.

Throughout 2019 the Trump administration continued to roll back environmental standards. Meanwhile, advocacy groups and activists ramped up the battle for clean air and water and a livable climate.


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Comment: Thanks to the Climate Crisis, We're Now in the Roaring Twenties
— By Martin Bush, ClimateZone (4 min. read) —
The next decade will be noisy as hell. As more intense wildfires blaze across every continent except Antarctica, the sound of the planet burning will only get louder.

Climate scientists are looking back over the last decade, collating the data, and reviewing the numbers. Every single one of the most important metrics are signaling a worsening situation. It’s common knowledge that emissions of the carbon gases continue to increase and that this is driving up global temperatures, but the intensifying impact of heat waves and wildfires is starting to overwhelm governments’ capacity to keep these disasters under control.


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the Australia PM Morrison currently yet again talking itself and govt up re
3000 reservists etc
FFS
its what govts are expected to do
the devil stubborn like Trump just wont acknowledge there role in supporting COAL SALES to INDIA in particular
i hope the Aussie citizens see thru it
lies deciet avoidsance of the issue

 

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DONT
let that Trumpalike denier fool you Aussies
you deserve much better than that
at least NZ does ensure very quickly
politicians of dubious character do not survive long


Analysis: Scott Morrison's 'historic change' is not the one his critics wanted
The Prime Minister's careful language around the issue of climate change shows how delicate the issue still is in the Coalition party room, even despite the summertime inferno hitting the nation, writes David Speers.

Key moments from Scott Morrison's bushfires interview with David Speers
The Prime Minister was asked if he would accept that his Government could have done more to heed the warnings and prepare for this bushfire season and whether Australia needed to do more on climate change.

yep
the Aussies are finally
seeing thru the BS there PM is spinning to them

 

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(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

An unlikely parrot love story may have resulted in a new species
Kirby and Suzie probably would not have paired in the wild. But they are inseparable at an aviary.

Perspective ● By Theresa Vargas ● Read more »

 

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NEWS
Jungle celebrity show goes ahead as Australia burns
Millions of viewers from Germany watched the season launch of "Dschungelcamp," a reality contest filmed near Brisbane, as bushfires raged in Australia's southeast. This time, contestants can't use fire or candles.

Germany's reality show Dschungelcamp attracted more than six million viewers as blazes merged in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, close to Victoria state.

Light rains fell but brought little let-up as some 136 fires raged, with 59 of them uncontained on Saturday, and being fought by often exhausted emergency crews.

Roughly 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) to the north, on NSW's border with Queensland, close to Brisbane, German private channel RTL's 14th series of Dschungelcamp got underway(Jungle Camp).

Read more: Australian bushfires: The canary building the coal mine

Jungle celebrity show goes ahead as Australia burns | DW | 11.01.2020

 

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Analysis: As Australia burns, Scott Morrison is rattling off an alibi
Bushfires are changing our lives and that means they are changing our political conversation. This is what we must start talking about, writes Laura Tingle.

We crunched the numbers on bushfires and arson — the results might surprise you
Australia's massive blazes have sparked big headlines about arsonists, but they're responsible for about 1 per cent of the total land burned in NSW — and it's a similar story in other states.

Blue Mountains relieved as rain falls, but RFS issues wet weather warning
While the rain falling in parts of NSW will have little impact on fires, according to the RFS, communities under threat from blazes have received the wet weather with joy.

Mega-blaze forms on NSW-Victoria border before fire crews take chance to backburn
Firefighters across Victoria and New South Wales battle to contain huge blazes burning across the country's south-east, as a wind change that initially fanned erratic fires brings a brief reprieve.

 

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pleasing
Ausies are not going to be fooled by PM BULLSHIT
they appear onto it
incl the polls, that i have no interest in
but
get over your crisis
and do your talking at the elections Australia

 

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hysterical change
is from pure bullshit
to even moire pure deceit
once theyre caught out
and no likelihood of real change
most coverup mutterings will be seen by the more astute citizens

been suspect of that critter since its been in

ANALYSIS
Scott Morrison makes a 'historic change', but it's not the change his critics wanted
By Insiders host David Speers

Updated yesterday at 8:55pm

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VIDEO: Mr Morrison said his government's climate policies were continuing to "evolve". (ABC News)
RELATED STORY: Five things we learned from Scott Morrison's interview with David Speers
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The Prime Minister wants the nation to know he gets it. Amid this horror bushfire season, there's a need for change.

What we learned from Scott Morrison's Insiders interview

The Prime Minister was asked if he would accept that his Government could have done more to heed the warnings and prepare for this bushfire season.


"We have to prepare for the new normal," Scott Morrison said in his most in-depth interview on the crisis. He spoke of the need for a "historic change".

This is exactly the language his many critics have been looking for.

The only problem is the "new normal" he's talking about isn't in relation to climate change.

The "historic change" being referred to by the Prime Minister relates to when and how Defence resources are deployed in natural disasters.

This is still important stuff. Making it easier to send in troops, ships and helicopters to fight fires and save lives would be a worthy improvement after this disaster.

And given the constitutional complexity around deploying Defence assets on state land, it's the very thing a royal commission may indeed need to work through.

But the "historic change" many were looking for today, including some in Mr Morrison's own party room, was a shift in the Government's climate policies.

There was some movement here, but not the giant leap being demanded.

PHOTO: Critics of Mr Morrison have called for more action in combating climate change. (AAP: James Ross)


In his ABC interview, the Prime Minister spoke of his Government's climate policies continuing to "evolve". This was a significant word, but also deliberately vague.

Asked three times, the Prime Minister refused to rule out increasing Australia's target

Scott Morrison's 'historic change' is not the one his critics wanted

 

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What a reallllly weak ass leader and a failure of a man.

 

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love innovators
called entrepreneurs these days
smile

love rural WW GOOD LUCK

ohh orgasmic ha