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Down Under
'Arson is not caused by climate change': Row breaks out over real cause of Australia's bushfires after it emerges more than 180 people have been arrested for starting them
2020-01-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Liberal MP has claimed arson to blame for bushfires, rather than climate change

  • Craig Kelly, a climate change skepticism, appeared on Good Morning Britain

  • 24 people have been charged with bushfire-related offences this fire season

  • A further 53 people arrested for failing to comply with state-imposed fire bans

  • At least 25 people have died, and 1,500 homes have been destroyed so far

  • Some have seized on arrests to say that impact of climate change is overstated
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Sun UK: Firefighter charged with starting 17 blazes in Australia while on bail ‘for serious sex offences’ tracked by ankle tag
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-09 14:42  

#5  So why all the arrests for arson?
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-01-09 11:00  

#4  Climate variation can cause fires to be more intense and the fire season longer, yes.

Idiots causing said fires.... no.

Australia is in a drought cycle currently just like it has had in the past for hundreds of thousands of years. Climate variation, not change.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-01-09 09:45  

#3  So whats the connection between the 25 arrests?
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-01-09 09:19  

#2  Wouldn't mind seeing the names of the arrested - jihad has many forms.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-09 06:47  

#1  Skid you omitted Al Gore's quote, "arson causes manbearpig global or something."

Posted by: Woodrow   2020-01-09 01:09  

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