James Temple, senior editor for energy at MIT Technology Review, blames climate change for the Aussie bush fires. Tens of thousands of Australians are fleeing their homes as hundreds of fires rage across the continent’s southeast coast. And yes, climate change is almost certainly to blame for the extent
Stuff that shouty people don’t want you to see or hear: And more: And more: But, yeah. ‘Cos climate change. If you enjoyed this BFD article please consider sharing it with your friends.
Graham Williamson Professor Nerilie Abram ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes Dear Professor, I refer to your article, “Australia’s Angry Summer: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like”. No doubt like most people who are drawn to your article, I am interested in solutions or effective preventative actions,
Bryan Leyland climatescience.org.nz About 30 years ago I was working in Australia on the Kiewa Hydro scheme in the mountains south of the Snowy River. They had a huge potential bushfire problem and devoted a large amount of resources and people to preparing to fight fires. But they
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Terry Dunleavy climatescience.org.nz Did legendary Australian poet Henry Lawson call his country’s bushfires climate change? He most certainly did not. It’s nothing more than Mother Nature at her fiery worst. Tragic as it may well be, it’s happened before and it will happen again. It’
Editor notes: * “Rooned” is ruined in an Irish accent. * “the banks went broke” is a reference to the drought and banking crisis of the early 1890s. * “Banker” refers to a watercourse filled from bank to bank which is unusual in Australia as they are rarely or intermittently full. * “In God’
I have never known of a person who does so little and yet gets so many accolades. Jacinda Ardern, our laziest and most ineffective prime minister of all time has now been given yet another award. She has been named ‘Pacific Person of the Year’… although exactly what she has
The Don does not muck about. If rules and regulations are hampering progress, then ditch the rules and regulations. Especially if the progress is being hampered by unwarranted worrying about climate change. Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts
As the informed readers of The BFD are well aware, there was a concerted attack on the US election process in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election. This nefarious attack was caused by the Russians who desperately wanted a strong man in the hot seat rather than their friend
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I hope my esteemed colleague, Lushington Brady, will not mind me invading his patch just this once, but I really felt impelled to comment on the awful situation in Australia at the moment. As our closest neighbours, and the nation that is always first to come to our aid in
James M. Taylor PA Pundits – International James M. Taylor is an American lawyer, senior fellow for environment and energy policy at The Heartland Institute and a CFACT contributor. James Taylor is a keen analyst of science and public policy and a competition level poker player. U.S. and global crop
In just a few short hours, 2020 will arrive. BOAKYAG (Bend over and kiss your assets goodbye) as life as we know it is about to end. A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising
