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  1. Breaking: Bushfire inquiry delivers report into devastating 2026 Victorian fires

    A Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee report into the devastating 2026 Victorian bushfires has been tabled in parliament.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/fir

    #Bushfires #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentPolicy #PublicEmergencies

  2. Breaking: Bushfire inquiry delivers report into devastating 2026 Victorian fires

    A Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee report into the devastating 2026 Victorian bushfires has been tabled in parliament.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/fir

    #Bushfires #StateandTerritoryGovernment #GovernmentPolicy #PublicEmergencies

  3. AusAlert test: what time will national emergency warning siren sound on phones in Australia today? Here’s what to know
    By Josh Butler

    National emergency test alert will be sent to all compatible mobile devices on 27 July, with domestic violence advocates advising how to turn off safe phones

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Emergencyplanning #Naturaldisasters #Bushfires #Flooding #Earthquakes #Telecoms #TheGuardian #JoshButler

  4. AusAlert test will blast emergency warning siren over most phones in Australia on Monday. Here’s what to know
    By Josh Butler

    National emergency test alert will be sent to all mobile devices on 27 July, with domestic violence advocates advising how to turn off safe phones

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Emergencyplanning #Naturaldisasters #Bushfires #Flooding #Earthquakes #Telecoms #TheGuardian #JoshButler

  5. Australia shares wildfire expertise as UK and Europe face escalating fire threats

    📰 Original title: As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer?

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/australia-shar

    #climatechange #bushfires #climatechange

  6. As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer?
    By Graham Readfearn

    Knowledge learned over more than a century in Australia is being tested by worsening fires. It’s a familiar narrative around the world

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Wildfires #Climatecrisis #Firefighters #Bushfires #Environment #TheGuardian #GrahamReadfearn

  7. Australia needs to get ready now for drought, fire and the unknown
    Failing to plan is planning to fail

    "...Properly funding volunteer firefighter training and accreditation at state level. Volunteer firefighters do much of Australia’s firefighting but the sector is chronically underfunded. "
    theconversation.com/a-big-el-n
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #bushfires #drought #firefighting #volunteers

  8. Australia needs to get ready now for drought, fire and the unknown
    Failing to plan is planning to fail

    "...Properly funding volunteer firefighter training and accreditation at state level. Volunteer firefighters do much of Australia’s firefighting but the sector is chronically underfunded. "
    theconversation.com/a-big-el-n
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #bushfires #drought #firefighting #volunteers

  9. Inside firefighters' high-tech push to prepare for perilous season
    By Jack Colantuono

    From virtual reality training to drones, these tools are helping firefighters prepare for a fast-approaching, potentially severe bushfire season.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/eri

    #VirtualReality #Bushfires #JackColantuono

  10. Inside firefighters' high-tech push to prepare for perilous season
    By Jack Colantuono

    From virtual reality training to drones, these tools are helping firefighters prepare for a fast-approaching, potentially severe bushfire season.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/eri

    #VirtualReality #Bushfires #JackColantuono

  11. CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
    By Emma Field

    An administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/cfa

    #Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField

  12. CFA leaders attempt to recall 'draft' submission to fatal summer fire inquiry
    By Emma Field

    An administrative error during a parliamentary inquiry has led the CFA to inadvertently reveal exactly how short-staffed its stations were during last summer's deadly fire season.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/cfa

    #Bushfires #Fires #StateandTerritoryParliament #Parliament #PublicSector #EmmaField

  13. From climate denial to agnotology (the study of how ignorance and doubt are deliberately, culturally, or politically manufactured)

    "It’s worth noting, human-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main driver of rising global average temperatures. However, El Niño can tip these temperatures to record breaking levels." >>
    theconversation.com/the-weathe

    "Agnotology is the study of deliberate, culturally cultivated ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (i.e. disinformation). More generally, the term includes the condition where more knowledge of a subject creates greater uncertainty." >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotolo

    Fernández Pinto, M. and A. Leuschner (2026). Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influence in Science. In: The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, ed. by K. Elliott and T. Richards, 304–314. >>
    annaleuschner.de/wp-content/up

    #FossilFuels #ignorance #GHG #InsuranceAffordability #experience vs #ClimateDenial #denial #agnotology #CorporateInterests #lobby #CulturallyCultivatedIgnorance #coal #climate #droughts #bushfires #ElNiño #science #ClimateScience #AMOC #HABs #EpistemicIntimidation #ClimateAction
    Image: Hot ocean, hot Earth

  14. From climate denial to agnotology (the study of how ignorance and doubt are deliberately, culturally, or politically manufactured)

    "It’s worth noting, human-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main driver of rising global average temperatures. However, El Niño can tip these temperatures to record breaking levels." >>
    theconversation.com/the-weathe

    "Agnotology is the study of deliberate, culturally cultivated ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product, influence opinion, or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data (i.e. disinformation). More generally, the term includes the condition where more knowledge of a subject creates greater uncertainty." >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotolo

    Fernández Pinto, M. and A. Leuschner (2026). Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influence in Science. In: The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science, ed. by K. Elliott and T. Richards, 304–314. >>
    annaleuschner.de/wp-content/up

    #FossilFuels #ignorance #GHG #InsuranceAffordability #experience vs #ClimateDenial #denial #agnotology #CorporateInterests #lobby #CulturallyCultivatedIgnorance #coal #climate #droughts #bushfires #ElNiño #science #ClimateScience #AMOC #HABs #EpistemicIntimidation #ClimateAction
    Image: Hot ocean, hot Earth

  15. The planet heats up - fossil fuel pollution has made extreme weather more violent.

    * “The only effective response is climate action equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early-warning systems for all.” Guterres >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    * Arthur Snell new book, Elemental, examines how a climate crisis threatens the planet’s capacity to sustain life

    "...A world of great powers grabbing whatever they need to survive a changing climate from smaller ones – is essentially a new age of empire, except this time with the formerly colonised US and China waxing as former imperial powers such as Britain wane. "

    Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It, Arthur Snell >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    * 45°C unending heat and no water: India faces brutal summer survival crisis
    indiatoday.in/science/story/in
    #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #liveability #HabitableLand #disasters #Bushfires #food #starvation #MassMigration #ClimateFinance #populism #FarRight #conflict #GeopoliticalOrder #empire

  16. The planet heats up - fossil fuel pollution has made extreme weather more violent.

    * “The only effective response is climate action equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early-warning systems for all.” Guterres >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    * Arthur Snell new book, Elemental, examines how a climate crisis threatens the planet’s capacity to sustain life

    "...A world of great powers grabbing whatever they need to survive a changing climate from smaller ones – is essentially a new age of empire, except this time with the formerly colonised US and China waxing as former imperial powers such as Britain wane. "

    Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It, Arthur Snell >>
    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    * 45°C unending heat and no water: India faces brutal summer survival crisis
    indiatoday.in/science/story/in
    #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #liveability #HabitableLand #disasters #Bushfires #food #starvation #MassMigration #ClimateFinance #populism #FarRight #conflict #GeopoliticalOrder #empire

  17. 2/
    This firsthand account of the 2009 Aus-
    tralian bushfires is a vivid reminder that perception of events is acquired not
    through one sensory modality but rather from the synthesized experience
    of simultaneous perceptions associated with an event. In the case of a brush
    fire, these are smoke (olfactory), heat (tactile), crackling flames (auditory),
    and the motion and color of flames (visual).

    #bushfires
    #Australia
    #senses

  18. 2/
    This firsthand account of the 2009 Aus-
    tralian bushfires is a vivid reminder that perception of events is acquired not
    through one sensory modality but rather from the synthesized experience
    of simultaneous perceptions associated with an event. In the case of a brush
    fire, these are smoke (olfactory), heat (tactile), crackling flames (auditory),
    and the motion and color of flames (visual).

    #bushfires
    #Australia
    #senses

  19. “As the firefront approached, the sky blackened. Spotfires broke out as blaz-
    ing embers fell from the heavens. The heat intensified and a blistering wind,
    whipped up by the change of air pressure caused by the fire sucking in oxy-
    gen, sounded like a freight train.”

    #quotes
    #bushfires
    #Australia

  20. “As the firefront approached, the sky blackened. Spotfires broke out as blaz-
    ing embers fell from the heavens. The heat intensified and a blistering wind,
    whipped up by the change of air pressure caused by the fire sucking in oxy-
    gen, sounded like a freight train.”

    #quotes
    #bushfires
    #Australia

  21. Koalas in NSW were predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2050 after the Black Summer fires. Now they’re officially endangered.
    Meanwhile, it’s not governments leading the charge — it’s small local groups planting trees and rebuilding habitat, one patch at a time.
    This is what real action looks like.

    #australia #koalas #climate #environment #bushfires

    youtube.com/watch?v=irC_iXOqDX0

  22. Koalas in NSW were predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2050 after the Black Summer fires. Now they’re officially endangered.
    Meanwhile, it’s not governments leading the charge — it’s small local groups planting trees and rebuilding habitat, one patch at a time.
    This is what real action looks like.

    #australia #koalas #climate #environment #bushfires

    youtube.com/watch?v=irC_iXOqDX0

  23. Some reading on our climate:

    The Journal of Environmental Research Letters - Editor's Choice Awards
    iopscience.iop.org/journal/174

    Some random choices:

    Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Potential impacts of marine carbon dioxide removal on ocean oxygen
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Weather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Extreme heatwave over Eastern China in summer 2022: the role of three oceans and local soil moisture feedback
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Existing fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5°C
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Unmasking the impunity of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a call for enforcement and accountability
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #freshwater #ecosystems #ocean #deoxygenation #IndigenousePeoples #dispossession #GHG #deforestation #heatwaves #bushfires #agriculture #extractivism

  24. Some reading on our climate:

    The Journal of Environmental Research Letters - Editor's Choice Awards
    iopscience.iop.org/journal/174

    Some random choices:

    Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Potential impacts of marine carbon dioxide removal on ocean oxygen
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Interplay between climate and carbon cycle feedbacks could substantially enhance future warming
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Weather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Extreme heatwave over Eastern China in summer 2022: the role of three oceans and local soil moisture feedback
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Existing fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5°C
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Unmasking the impunity of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a call for enforcement and accountability
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #freshwater #ecosystems #ocean #deoxygenation #IndigenousePeoples #dispossession #GHG #deforestation #heatwaves #bushfires #agriculture #extractivism

  25. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  26. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  27. Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered.

    "Intensifying fire seasons are threatening this balance to the extent the Federal Government has just officially listed this forest type as an endangered ecosystem. This means these forests face a high risk of collapse or extinction. "

    "It is also an important part of First Nations cultural landscapes – in north-east Victoria, the Taungurung people harvested Bogong moths (or Deberra) when the moths migrated to mountain forests where alpine ash is a key part of the landscape. " >>
    theconversation.com/australias

    Image: Eugène von Guérard, Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat, 1854 "The name "Warrenheip" is derived from the Aboriginal word "warrengeep," meaning "trees on mountain top" or "emu feathers on top".
    ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-brush-w

    #AlpineAsh #BogongMoths #LeadbeatersPossums #GreaterGliders #LoggingImpacts #Bushfires #extinction #ecosystem #collapse #biodiversity #FossilFuel #climate #IndigenousPeoples

  28. Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered.

    "Intensifying fire seasons are threatening this balance to the extent the Federal Government has just officially listed this forest type as an endangered ecosystem. This means these forests face a high risk of collapse or extinction. "

    "It is also an important part of First Nations cultural landscapes – in north-east Victoria, the Taungurung people harvested Bogong moths (or Deberra) when the moths migrated to mountain forests where alpine ash is a key part of the landscape. " >>
    theconversation.com/australias

    Image: Eugène von Guérard, Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat, 1854 "The name "Warrenheip" is derived from the Aboriginal word "warrengeep," meaning "trees on mountain top" or "emu feathers on top".
    ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-brush-w

    #AlpineAsh #BogongMoths #LeadbeatersPossums #GreaterGliders #LoggingImpacts #Bushfires #extinction #ecosystem #collapse #biodiversity #FossilFuel #climate #IndigenousPeoples

  29. After 60 years, the proof is in: logging Tasmania’s wet forests makes them MORE flammable, not less.
    Regrowth from clearfells burns hotter and more intensely than old-growth — denser canopies, drier microclimates, leaves closer to the fuel on the ground. A 2019 bushfire gave scientists the perfect natural experiment, and the data is clear.
    Old-growth forests are our best defence against worsening bushfires. Time to end native forest logging in Tassie. Protect what’s left.
    We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable

    #tasmania #nativeforestlogging #oldgrowthforests #bushfires #climateaction #endlogging #forests

    theconversation.com/we-have-th

  30. After 60 years, the proof is in: logging Tasmania’s wet forests makes them MORE flammable, not less.
    Regrowth from clearfells burns hotter and more intensely than old-growth — denser canopies, drier microclimates, leaves closer to the fuel on the ground. A 2019 bushfire gave scientists the perfect natural experiment, and the data is clear.
    Old-growth forests are our best defence against worsening bushfires. Time to end native forest logging in Tassie. Protect what’s left.
    We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable

    #tasmania #nativeforestlogging #oldgrowthforests #bushfires #climateaction #endlogging #forests

    theconversation.com/we-have-th

  31. We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
    Lots of regrowth, lots more fire

    "Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."

    "Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
    theconversation.com/we-have-th

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm

  32. We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
    Lots of regrowth, lots more fire

    "Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."

    "Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
    theconversation.com/we-have-th

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm

  33. Mount Alexander shire urges government to force fossil fuel companies to fund climate disaster recovery

    A Victorian shire recovering from a bushfire that destroyed more than 50 homes and businesses wants the federal…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #bushfires #Climatechange #Companies #compensation #cost #fossilfuel #government #lucasmaddock #mountalexandershirecouncil #Science #tax
    newsbeep.com/au/567067/

  34. Mount Alexander shire urges government to force fossil fuel companies to fund climate disaster recovery

    A Victorian shire recovering from a bushfire that destroyed more than 50 homes and businesses wants the federal…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #bushfires #Climatechange #Companies #compensation #cost #fossilfuel #government #lucasmaddock #mountalexandershirecouncil #Science #tax
    newsbeep.com/au/567067/

  35. State of the Global Climate 2025

    The World Meteorological Organization "State of Climate report confirms

    2015-2025 hottest 11 years on record

    Earth’s energy imbalance is highest in sixty five-year record.

    The ocean has been absorbing about eighteen times the annual human energy use each year for the past two decades.

    Extreme weather impacts millions and costs billions."
    >>
    wmo.int/publication-series/sta
    #FossilFuels #climate #GHG #ExtremeWeather #Extremes #heatwaves #ocean #MassMortalities #cryosphere #atmosphere #WMO #ClimateDisruption #bushfires #floods #droughts #heatwaves #instability #war #pollution

  36. State of the Global Climate 2025

    The World Meteorological Organization "State of Climate report confirms

    2015-2025 hottest 11 years on record

    Earth’s energy imbalance is highest in sixty five-year record.

    The ocean has been absorbing about eighteen times the annual human energy use each year for the past two decades.

    Extreme weather impacts millions and costs billions."
    >>
    wmo.int/publication-series/sta
    #FossilFuels #climate #GHG #ExtremeWeather #Extremes #heatwaves #ocean #MassMortalities #cryosphere #atmosphere #WMO #ClimateDisruption #bushfires #floods #droughts #heatwaves #instability #war #pollution