Australia has been on fire since October, and conditions are only getting worse...
, more than 2,500 miles away. The sky has turned grey, communities have been razed, and the terrified faces of even the most seasoned firefighters say it all: this is a state of emergency.
Even worse, a conservative government in the pocket of coal mining lobbyists refuses to acknowledge the indisputable link between extreme weather events and global climate change. Please enjoyof angry fire victims literally chasing Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison — who went on vacation to Hawaii after the fires hit, then lied about it — out of their burnt-out town.
Australians are not just wrapping their heads around the loss of life, nature, and property right now. They are also experiencing grief for the past, and fear for the future. In many parts of the country, summer may never feel carefree again. But there are even more pressing issues in the short term: fire departments stretched to maximum capacity, lost housing, injured wildlife.Australia's volunteer firefighter force has now been working for months without financial compensation.
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