Since the last election, in 2018, two events in eastern Australia have changed the way we think about the climate crisis. The first, in the summer of 2019-20, was the black summer bushfires. They caused the loss of five lives, destroyed more than 300 homes and burned through 1.5 million hectares of land, much of it forests. More than three billion natives animals were estimated to have been killed or displaced.An aerial view of the RayGen Power Plant Carwarp renewable energy project in Mildura. Victoria.Credit:Eddie JimAnd this year torrential, record-breaking rainfall means rivers and creeks have burst their banks, floodwaters have crept into homes and farmers have been unable to harvest crops across Victoria and up Australia’s eastern coast.It’s well established the black Summer bushfires were made worse by global heating, with the warming climate contributing to drying out…
Of the major parties, Labor provides most realistic path to clean energy
