The east and southeast coastal areas of Australia are burning. Thousands of people have been evacuated, and the fires have not been contained. Drought, heat, and wind are contributing factors. These fires are unprecedented.
58% of Australia’s media is controlled by the Murdoch enterprises, and those papers and tv stations have been denying climate change, as has the Australian Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Trump administration has announced that federal agencies no longer have to take climate change into account when they are assessing the environmental impacts of infrastructure projects. This includes all fossil fuel projects like coal fired plants and pipelines.
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