A mega fire from the Hunter region threatened our largest city while its residents sucked in polluted air and saw ash coming from the sky. An apocalyptic vision of what is in store in the now not-so-lucky country.
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| ‘Over the last week, Australians witnessed a full-scale retreat to the delusions of the past about the nature of the continent on which we live.’ |
Do not be fooled. In a post-truth world our leaders would have us believe that the lack of water is all about the drought and the bushfires are part of a typical Australian summer (ignoring the thousands of years of sound water and land management by Indigenous Australians). The truth is that governments have mismanaged our most precious resource, water, and failed to act on climate change.
The facts are: Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing since the carbon tax was abolished in 2014, our climate is warming, and CSIRO has concluded that southern and eastern Australia is “projected to experience harsher fire weather (high confidence)”.
Read the story from The Guardian - “Wake up, Australia: deceit and post-truth politics will not save you from the flames.”
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