Dhe flooding on Australia’s east coast is taking on biblical proportions. While the country was still plagued by fire disasters and recurring droughts in 2019, it is now endless rain that is hitting first the Olympic city of Brisbane and now the economic metropolis of Sydney. At the same time, the dispute over greater use of coal, which contributes to climate change with increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, is intensifying. Insurance companies estimate that the flood damage is already more than a billion euros, and the trend is rising rapidly. Because they feel forgotten by the government – despite the upcoming elections – flood victims are now looking for help with reconstruction via crowdfunding on the Internet.
The dispute over coal, the opening of further deposits, increased deliveries, especially to Poland, and the promotion of new power plants such as that of Shine Energy near Brisbane are boiling over in Australia. Due to the consequences of the war in Ukraine, climate protectionists are on the defensive. Depending on the quality, the price of coal has more than tripled since the Russian invasion. And the need keeps growing. “More fossil fuels mean lower energy prices. Higher prices are helping Putin fund his barbaric war,” said Senator Matt Canavan of the National Party. “We shouldn’t sleepwalk like Europe, but build new coal-fired power plants and look for more oil and gas deposits.”
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