Brisbane, Australia "This is the climate election," declared Queensland Greens Sen. Larissa Waters at a Brisbane forum, weeks before the Australian election this month.
It's unsurprising that Waters would say this: The environment is always at the heart of the Greens' policy. But a series of natural disasters has forced many other Australians to take notice.Fires, floods and the worst drought in living memory have ravaged Australia in the past year, laying waste to thousands of homes, devastating the livelihoods of farmers and wreaking millions of dollars' worth of damage.
Undeniable climate change facts 02:24No clear climate policyAustralia is getting hotter. The rise in temperatures, once a future threat, is now an ever present danger, raising the risk of severe droughts, bush fires and intense rainfall across the country, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. On paper, at least, the country is taking action.
The race to save the Great Barrier Reef 03:49Adani company says that in stage one, the mine will produce only a small fraction of Australia's annual coal output, and argues that if Australia isn't mining the coal, other countries will step in to meet growing demand from Asia.The government cleared the way for the mine just before calling the election. Now, Labor -- running on its pro-environment platform -- needs to give final approval, at a local level.
The FAKE NEWS LIBERAL MEDIA gets its election projections WRONG again! The real 'Russian hacking' is THEIRS!
'FEAR'' MONGRING'
AGW is a Fraud.
What does Australia Think of Mark Zuckerberg with Facebook making Billions of Dollars off of its members and is now censoring what they can and cannot say by blocking them. Even Presidential Candidates.
Australia is a country of droughts and flooding rains. It's been like that since day dot. Even before Al Gore made that mocumentary.
Because anyone with half a brain knows that 'man-made climate change' is utter tripe, nothing more than a tax and control grab. The REAL cause of climate changes comes from outside the atmosphere. Learn 2 space weather and stfu with the stupid idea that man can affect it.
Australia is still recovering from the ravages of fire, floods and drought, but even that hasn't managed to push climate change to the top of the political agenda ahead of a national eating contest on May 18.
GET REAL YOU PEOPLE ARE A JOKE!!! DON’T TRY TO MAKE OUT AUSTRALIA BEING RAVAGED BY CLIMATE CHANGE!!! WHAT A JOKE IS!!! NO WONDER YOU IDIOTS ARE LOSING IN THE RATINGS!!! THIS KIND OF WEATHER HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS!!! GO FoxNews GO FOX ANY DAY!’n
Um... because just like California with their droughts, wild fires and landslides... it’s a seasonal thing. 🙄
Study, Grand Solar Minimum
We’ve always had fire, floods and drought.
We give to Australia, free of charge, Greta Thurnberg !
I am still banging my head trying to figure out how more tax and regulations will avoid having droughts and floods from time to time.
This is the age of greed, lock up ppl make money, get ppl sick make money, make nations divide and paranoid make money, profit over ppl until there is no more ppl then what
Without China and India nothing can stop global warming. Even then it’s unlikely.
No,cnn, they are being devastated by WEATHER. Use your words correctly and people might start watching you again.
Can't change the climate.
I'm only voting for someone that can put a stop to seasonal climate change.
Shaking my head.
How many employees is CNN firing anyway?