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1/8/20

An estimated 25 people and ONE BILLION animals have been killed in the bushfires since September, but intense heat in recent days has escalated the fires.

Find hope and ways to help below.
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 #DemCast

Burning since September, officials expect the fires could continue for months.

24 Australians have been arrested for arson, but experts agree the main cause of the bushfires is climate change.

“This year, Australia experienced its hottest day and driest spring on record.”
How to Help 1

Australian Red Cross

redcross.org.au/news-and-media…

The partnership between @ABCaustralia and @RedCrossAU has already raised $8 million!

#NSWfires #fires #VicBushfires #KangarooIsland #WAFires

They have deployed “1,285 trained staff and volunteers.”
How to Help 2

NSW Rural Fire Service
quickweb.westpac.com.au/OnlinePaymentS…

Make a general donation to help firefighters or make a donation to a Local Brigade.

“A number of local brigades have asked the NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund to collect donations on their behalf.”
How to Help 3

Authors and artists are auctioning off books, artwork, and services to raise money for Australia through hashtag #AuthorsForFireys.
Help animals at Wires Energency Rescue Fund.
wires.org.au

(Blog Link updated January 7, 2020.)
wires.org.au/blog/emergency…

As of January 6, 2020, Wires is desperate for volunteers. Find out more here.
amp.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/theb…
#AustraliaFires
The most important thing we can do is join together to insist on climate action NOW.

Participate in strikes or rallies and contact government officials in your country.

Vote for progressive agendas everywhere that immediately address climate change.

USA Today:
theguardian.com/australia-news…

abcnews.go.com/International/…

dosomething.org/us/articles/20…

bbc.com/news/world-aus…

thenerddaily.com/authorsforfire…
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#AustraliaFires

TEN CHARITIES TO HELP SAVE ANIMALS AT RISK DURING AUSTRALIA’S RAGING FIRES

The devastation of the bushfires in Australia cannot be overestimated.

The impact on animals is especially alarming as many are already reaching endangered status.
Amidst the increasingly sad news, there are some amazing stories of rescue and compassion.

I have interspersed Facts, Stories of Hope, and How to Help throughout.

Please let these heartwarming rescues inspire you* to help save someone during this tragic time.

#AustraliaFires
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List identifies “fire and fire suppression” as a threat to more than 100 threatened species in Australia.”

#AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES
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Angelux
@Angelux1111
Let It #Bee

An overview of why bumblebees, solitary bees and #Honeybees are disappearing at increasingly alarming rates. What are the politics? Most importantly, what can we do to help?

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Scientists agree that #HoneyBees are going extinct mainly due to excessive use of pesticides in crops with “beekeepers reporting heavy winter and even summer losses.”
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There are multiple factors affecting an ecosystem that sustains pollinator health.

Pesticides leave compromised immune systems more open to diseases and parasites.

Commercial Farming leaves them similarly depleted and susceptible to disease.
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Angel
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Trump’s #EPA stands for
Effectively Polluting Anything

A new attack on the Endangered Species Act is the latest in Trump’s efforts to murder every living being.

Please sign the prewritten letter to your MOC from the @SierraClub below.

It was announced last month that Trump...
proposes creating species-specific protection plans, which will make it more difficult to protect threatened species.

This would also handcuff administrators trying to “consider the impacts of global climate change when deciding whether to list a species.”
It doesn’t end here though. Below is just a partial tally of Trump’s damage to date:

Withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.

Permitted Dakota Access Pipeline.

(Sadly, the list continues...)
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25+ People & 1 Billion Animals Dead
Over 2K Homes Destroyed

What should punishment be for the 180+ Arsonists in #Australia?
We demand their identities!
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Dan Gocher
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I gather there has been a lot of talk about arson recently...

So let's talk about the real arsonists: Australia's carbon majors (via Climate Justice Project at @UNSW)

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1. @bhp plans to spend $US 8 billion on new oil & gas projects in the next 5 years, including off Western Australia. afr.com/companies/ener…
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Australia is on fire. Nearly half a billion animals have been killed with more than 14.5 million acres burned. This is climate change.
UPDATE — Nearly 200 fires are still burning across Australia. The death toll has climbed to at least 24 people and more than 1,200 homes have been destroyed.

More than 15 million acres of land has been scorched – 7x the 2019 Amazon fires and 3x the 2018 California fires.
Over 500 million animals have died in the fires. In New South Wales, it’s estimated that 8000 koalas – or a third of NSW's koala population – have been killed. That figure is feared to be higher now as the fires have continued.
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Over the past 30 days, @ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC and @CNN have done 95 segments on the #AustraliaFires, which have killed 17 people and 500 million animals so far.

Only two of those segments mentioned #ClimateChange.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN On the 29th, @GarrettHaake interviewed @KendraWrites on @MSNBC's morning show about the links between Australia's bushfires & climate.

It was a great segment; Haake asked excellent questions and Pierre-Louis gave clear, compelling answers.

Too bad it was a total outlier.

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@ABCWorldNews @CBSEveningNews @NBCNightlyNews @MSNBC @CNN @GarrettHaake @KendraWrites And then on the 31st, @CBSEveningNews patched in a segment on the fires from their Aussie affiliate, which mentioned only in passing that Morrison has been "criticized for his lack of action on climate change."

No explanation for the link between climate and fire. Zero.

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#Sydney is threatened for the first time as 'catastrophic' #bushfires rage. 350 #koalas have been killed in blazes near #PortMacquarie.

📕 Read more: wef.ch/2X3gmLh
Until a few thousand years ago, an impressive megafauna roamed Australia. Whether those animals went extinct because of humans or past climate change is debated. New study shows that both probably contributed.
#megafauna #Pleistocene
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Australia’s bushfires have pumped out half a year's CO2 emissions
» weforum.org/agenda/2019/12…
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