#ClimateDiary Worst ever wildfires in South Korea. I heard about this through my sister. I wouldn’t have known otherwise - completely passed me by. Could be just me, zoning out too much. But it’s terrifying how easy it is to do so.
Do we need to know every climate catastrophe? I think it’s better, in so many ways (not least compassion) if we do. But overwhelm, fatigue is creeping in.. awful. Meanwhile, at least 23 dead in Korea.
The fossil fuel industry spent a lot of money trivializing wildfires in Australia, Colorado, Texas, California, and Canada to avoid lawsuits.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-oil-spent-445-million-to-influence-2024-elections/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chris-wright-trump
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-fire-fossil-fuel-big-oil
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/02/fossil-fuel-companies-wildfire-liability/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/28/1103186/canada-wildfire-emissions/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07878-z
https://www.cpr.org/2025/01/15/boulder-lawsuit-exxonmobil-suncor-energy-climate-change-scotus/
https://www.levernews.com/what-trumps-energy-secretary-pick-says-behind-closed-doors/
@Npars01 thank you, as ever, for compiling all this