Überschwemmungen in Valencia, Spanien Wie Politiker und Medien Naturkatastrophen für eine Klima-Agenda instrumentalisieren Eines wollen wir klarstellen: Die jüngsten Überschwemmungen in Valencia, Spanien, haben nichts mit dem Klimawandel zu tun, sondern mit ignorierten Schwächen der Infrastruktur und schlechter Stadtplanung. Es ist fast schon lächerlich, wie schnell Politiker und Mainstream-Medien (MSM) sich [...]
Floods in Valencia, Spain How Politicians and Media Exploit Natural Disasters for a Climate Agenda Let’s get one thing straight: The recent floods in Valencia, Spain, have nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with ignored infrastructure needs and poor urban planning. It’s almost laughable how quickly politicians [...]
By Madhav Khandekar* Toronto, Canada The recent extreme heat episode (June 29- July 5, 2021) over the NW region of Canada-USA led to highest recorded temperature of 49.7C in Lytton (British Columbia) in Canada. This unusual weather event was caused by a development of a ‘heat dome’ resulting from a persistent high-pressure [...]
By Sebastian Lüning In medieval times, the priest would have declared that it would have been a punishment from God for the wicked behavior of sinners. Today's explanation is unfortunately not far from that. In mid-July 2021, prolonged heavy rain caused severe flooding in western Germany. There were many dead and missing, [...]
The huge floods in Europe show that the EU water drainage has fallen short in protecting citizens. Even in the South of my country (The Netherlands), with an excellent record of water management, there is a huge amount of damage. How could this happen? "[..] European politicians state that they are not to [...]
By Joanne Nova reposted with her permission – original here – With great sympathy for all our European friends. It’s like European history doesn’t exist. In 1717 on Christmas Eve a flood started that killed 14,000 people and spread across the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. It was followed by savage frosts, and more floods in [...]
