Burrinjuck Greens on weather

By Saan Ecker
Updated October 18 2016 - 9:45am, first published October 14 2016 - 2:30pm

Weather events in southern Australia have shocked and surprised our communities. Noticeably missing from the discussions about these events are the effects of climate change and human modification of natural systems that might exacerbate these kinds of events. This was no doubt catastrophic weather, however, these are the kind of events predicted by climate change scientists. I know some would say it’s a big call to blame the weather on climate change, however it’s not as silly as blaming it on renewable energy as Malcolm Turnball and colleagues did. Talk about any opportunity to support your coal burning, party funding mates!

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