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16 votes
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New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire
9 votes -
Attempts to plant new Joshua Trees after destructive fires assisted by load carrying camels
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Growing fire risks, rising insurance costs, home owner concerns, spell opportunity for fire hardening and prevention industry
6 votes -
Three big, bold ideas to douse the flames of a world on fire
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Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
9 votes -
Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfire season
12 votes -
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
21 votes -
Greece gripped by wildfires, national park threatened along with people and towns
26 votes -
Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire
11 votes -
Learning how to garden a forest - discussion of methods to prevent wildfire
12 votes -
Tenerife wildfire 'started deliberately' as blazes in Greece force evacuations
16 votes -
British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires
35 votes -
Despite years of Maui wildfire warnings, Hawaii Electric the Hawaii utility giant did little and spent more on lobbying than prevention
27 votes -
A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late
27 votes -
The entire capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories has been ordered to evacuate as hundreds of wildfires scorch the region
31 votes -
Power lines likely caused Maui’s first reported fire, video and data show
11 votes -
How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
30 votes -
How people live off a garbage mountain that keeps catching on fire | World Wide Waste
2 votes -
What happened in Colorado was something much scarier than a wildfire
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Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, and drought shake global markets
2 votes -
Black Snow: To harvest America’s cane sugar, billion-dollar companies set fire to fields, a money-saving practice that’s being banned by other countries
12 votes -
How returning lands to native tribes is helping protect nature
6 votes -
Bolsonaro's Brazilian regime incentivizes landlords to burn off forests; anarchist fire brigades pick up the slack
16 votes -
Sara Sweeney, a 21-year veteran of the US Forest Service and pioneering wildfire fighter, on the thrills and threats of the job
4 votes -
Cities without people
5 votes -
2,000-year-old redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park
8 votes -
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom: By this point last year, 4,292 fires had burned 56,000 acres. This year, 7,002 fires have chewed through more than 1.4 million acres.
7 votes -
A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than one out of ten
3 votes -
Inside Australia's climate emergency: For months, Australians breathed air pollution up to 26 times above levels considered hazardous to human health. The long-term impact could be devastating.
9 votes -
Celeste Barber’s $52 million bushfire fund has been held up thanks to legal wrangling
3 votes -
An open letter on Australian bushfires and climate: urgent need for deep cuts in carbon emissions [signed by Laureates of the Australian Research Council]
4 votes -
Why Australia's fires are linked to floods in East Africa
4 votes -
Incredible, secret firefighting mission saves famous Australian 'dinosaur trees'
5 votes -
The Australian government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach
11 votes -
The ecological devastation of the Victorian bushfires has been laid bare in a leaked report which warns some species are likely to already be extinct
4 votes -
A News Corp employee has accused the organisation of a "misinformation campaign" filled with "irresponsible" and "dangerous" coverage of the national bushfire crisis
14 votes -
Australia’s bushfire catastrophe in photos
7 votes -
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting Australian government's bushfire response
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting government's bushfire response Here's the advertisement itself: https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1213330419044638722 For the non-Aussies,...
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting government's bushfire response
Here's the advertisement itself: https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1213330419044638722
For the non-Aussies, and for the Aussies who aren't political tragics like me... the reason everyone's up in arms is that this video has been released by the Liberal Party, not by the Australian government. We can tell by the "Authorised by" statement in the final frame. Government information comes with the Commonwealth coat of arms and says "Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra". Party political advertisements have to be "authorised by" someone within the political party. In other words, this is a political ad, not a government press release. The Liberal Party (not the government!) is promoting itself on the basis of what the government is doing for the bushfires.
Scott Morrison has already been an utter failure during this crisis. He went on holiday after the fires started. He's done as little as possible since he returned. And people have noticed. People have abused him when he turned up to visit their town. People have literally refused to shake his hand (but he grabs their hands and shakes them anyway!).
But, despite all this wrong-footedness, this new advertisement is the most tone-deaf thing he's done (so far!). It reflects his background in marketing. Everything's a message for him. Unfortunately for him, the message here is "I'm using your suffering to promote myself".
Scott Morrison has fucked up yet again.
11 votes -
How big are the fires burning in eastern Australia? Interactive map
16 votes -
Australian government deploys army reservists, third navy ship to support firefighters
7 votes -
Australian navy begins evacuation of beach where thousands had sought refuge from fire
17 votes -
New Zealand 'blanketed' by smoke and dust from raging NSW and QLD bushfires
7 votes -
Firefighters in Australia say situation 'out of control' as Prime Minister denies request for emergency aid
14 votes -
Australia heatwave: State of emergency declared over bushfire crisis
18 votes -
Mapping the Australian fires
5 votes -
Photos of Australia’s "catastrophic" bushfires
11 votes -
Former NSW Fire chief frustrated at Govt for 'sweeping climate change under the rug'
10 votes -
NSW fires destroy at least 150 homes, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast communities under bushfire threat in Qld
7 votes -
Human activities are drying out the Amazon
5 votes