Toward a World that Works for Everyone
This initiative is welcome! Thanks to Len. 51,454 signatures! Australia is facing unprecedented fires. So far, over 13 million acres of land has been destroyed — that’s more than four times larger than the Amazon fires. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to flee and an estimated one billion animals have already burned to […]
Paradise lost: residents flee Eden as Australia fires race towards them Michael McGowan in Eden, Guardian, Jan. 5, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/05/paradise-lost-locals-flee-eden-as-australia-bushfires-race-towards-them Days of limbo wear down NSW-Victoria communities displaced by blazes ripping through swaths of east coast Shelley Caban just wants it to be over. “Sometimes I think, ‘Fuck it, just burn it all, the house […]
(Article follows.) Welcome sight of rain this morning in NSW gives locals a slight reprieve. In Victoria, the threat of a new mega-fire is looming. Morrison calls up 3000 reservists as heat rises Bushfires a national catastrophe Australia fires: Almost 2,000 homes destroyed in marathon crisis BBC.com, Jan. 7, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51015536 Almost 2,000 […]
Evacuations continue in Indonesian flooding…. Backgrounders Jakarta is sinking Indonesia’s new planned capital in East Kalimantan
What prevents the nations of the world responding to the climatic crisis in Australia with the offer of water bombers, firefighters, armed forces, financial aid, etc.? How much greater a natural disaster can there be than country-wide brushfires? Admittedly how to assist Jakarta is more complicated because that disaster is caused by land subsidence (sinking) […]
Indonesian capital reels from floods that leave 47 dead Niniek Karmini, Associated Press, Jan. 2, 2020 https://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-capital-floods-leave-43-054956265.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians were crammed in emergency shelters Saturday waiting for floodwaters to recede in and around the capital, Jakarta, as the death toll from massive New Year’s flooding reached 47, officials […]
21 Dead, 62,000 Displaced in Deadliest Flooding to Swamp Jakarta in Years Olivia Rosane, Eco Watch, Jan. 02, 2020 https://www.ecowatch.com/jakarta-flooding-2020-2643510967.html At least 21 people have died in some of the deadliest flooding to swamp Jakarta in years, according to the latest report from Reuters. Unusually heavy rain began to fall in and around the Indonesian […]
Indian Ocean Dipole: What is it and why is it linked to floods and bushfires? BBC.com, Dec. 7, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50602971 Flooding and landslides in East Africa have killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Australia, a period of hot, dry weather has led to […]
