[New post] Greece's deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure | Yanis Varoufakis

cloudtales posted: " The climate emergency and state neglect caused this disasterAfter the second world war, Greece's countryside experienced two debilitating human surges – an exodus of villagers, then a most peculiar human invasion of its fringes. These two surges, aided " New post on Changing World News Greece's deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure | Yanis Varoufakis by cloudtales The climate emergency and state neglect caused this disasterAfter the second world war, Greece's countryside experienced two debilitating human surges – an exodus of villagers, then a most peculiar human invasion of its fringes. These two surges, aided by a weak state and abetted by the climate crisis, have turned the low-level drama of naturally redemptive forest fires into this summer's heart-wrenching catastrophe.After heatwaves of unprecedented longevity, wildfires across the summer months have so far destroyed more than 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of ancient pine forests. They have blackened swathes of Attica, scorched parts of ancient Olympia and obliterated north… Source - Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/29/greece-wildfires-political-failure-climate-emergency cloudtales | August 29, 2021 at 2:30 pm | URL: https://wp.me/p2RXDZ-h2O Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Changing World News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://softmachine.net/greeces-deadly-wildfires-were-sparked-by-30-years-of-political-failure-yanis-varoufakis/