Federal parliament resumes today, shortly after Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek declared that not facilitating new coal mines and gas projects is “not a sustainable or reasonable” proposition,
Let’s have a quick look at how the climate crisis is playing out around the world (as told by newspapers).
Spain
Turkey
China
Greece
UK
Portugal
France
Croatia
USA
Bosnia ‘The Country is On Fire’
Mexico ‘Drought Devastating Crops’
Germany
Slovakia ‘Slovakia in for a Scorcher’
Austria ‘The Overheated Continent’
Scotland
Spain again (so many front page stories it’s done my head in tbh) ‘Fire Rages in Bages’
Serbia ’40C in Serbia!’
France again ‘Forest on Fire for 6 Days’
Canada
UK again
Slovenia ‘Extinguishing fire made harder by exploding grenades [from WWI]’
Tanya Plibersek is of Slovenian heritage so maybe that last one will cut through. Or not.
I could go on with endless amounts of these but I’m tired. I’m tired of any and every politician who thinks that business is usual is fine. It’s not.
Every single action that can be taken must be taken. It’s time for you and your government to grow up, Tanya.
Alan Whykes is Chief Editor of Tasmanian Times and takes a liking to planets that are not fried.
Hat tip to Simon Evans of Carbon Brief.
