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Rabu, 08 Januari 2020

Police in Australia are accusing 24 people of deliberately setting bushfires - CNN

Police have charged at least 24 people for intentionally starting bushfires in the state of New South Wales, according to a statement the New South Wales Police released Monday.

NSW Police have taken legal action against 183 people, 40 of whom are juveniles, for fire-related offenses since November 8, the statement said. The legal actions range from cautions to criminal charges.

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Out of those 183 people, 53 have received cautions or criminal charges for failing to comply with a total fire ban and 47 are accused of discarding a lit cigarette or match on land, according to the police statement.

At least 24 people have died nationwide during this fire season. While the fires have touched every state in Australia, New South Wales has been the hardest hit.

The blazes have been burning across Australia for months, scorching homes and destroying entire towns. Nearly 18 million acres of land have been burned -- most of it bushland, forests and national parks, which are home to the country's native wildlife.

Nearly half a billion animals have been affected by the fires in NSW alone and millions of them are potentially dead, according to ecologists at the University of Sydney. Birds, reptiles and mammals, except bats, are among those affected. Insects and frogs aren't included in that number.

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Police are cracking down on the burn ban across the state. On Sunday, a man was charged after power tools he was using allegedly sparked a fire in Mount Druitt, according to NSW Police.

Three people were charged with breaching the fire ban over the weekend. Fire services put out fires in two different towns started for cooking purposes, NSW Police said. Another man was charged after authorities found several fires lit on his property in another town.

In November, the NSW Rural Fire Service arrested a 19-year-old volunteer member on suspicion of arson, charging him with seven counts of deliberately setting fires over a six-week period.

CNN's Samantha Beech and Hande Atay Alam contributed to this report.

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Police in Australia are accusing 24 people of deliberately setting bushfires - CNN

Police have charged at least 24 people for intentionally starting bushfires in the state of New South Wales, according to a statement the New South Wales Police released Monday.

At least 24 people have died nationwide during this fire season. While the fires have touched every state in Australia, New South Wales has been the hardest hit.

Police are cracking down on the burn ban across the state. On Sunday, a man was charged after power tools he was using allegedly sparked a fire in Mount Druitt, according to NSW Police.

In November, the NSW Rural Fire Service arrested a 19-year-old volunteer member on suspicion of arson, charging him with seven counts of deliberately setting fires over a six-week period.

CNN's Samantha Beech and Hande Atay Alam contributed to this report.

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Selasa, 07 Januari 2020

Australians scoop up koalas, kangaroos to save them from bushfires - New York Post

Australians are doing their best to save local animals from overwhelming brushfires by any means possible — including packing them into their cars.

A viral video documents two teen cousins’ efforts to save area wildlife by packing six koalas into their vehicle. “Rescuing Koalas affected by fires on Kangaroo Island with my cousin,” reads the video’s caption. “Little fellas looking a little exhausted.”

The clip pans to the back of the car, where a mom and her child are cuddling. “She’s a mother with a baby,” says one of the two young heroes, who are identified by LADbible as Micah, 19, and Caleb, 18.

“Shoved the mother in the boot because she was a bit aggressive,” he adds.

Farmer Sam McGlone also recently helped save a life from the devastating bushfires. While battling a fire at his own home in Braidwood, New South Wales, on Jan. 2, the 24-year-old came upon an ash-covered baby kangaroo, or joey, Caters reports. The hero scooped up the defenseless creature and saved him from the encroaching flames.

Military vehicles have also been dispatched by the South Australian government to help the wildlife, with 100 Army Reservists equipped with supplies working on Kangaroo Island to save the animals.

The bushfires, which are visible from space, have killed 25 people and nearly a half-billion animals, wiping out an entire species of marsupials and sparking a global animal pouch-knitting frenzy. Numerous celebrities —including Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Selena Gomez, Pink, Kylie Minogue and Rebel Wilson — have pledged money to help or encouraged others to donate to the cause. Meanwhile, the Australian family of late wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin has helped to save about 90,000 animals during the tragedy.

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2020-01-07 15:26:00Z
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An 'Orange is the New Black' star is giving up her US green card to fight a 'climate war' in Australia - CNN

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2020-01-07 14:56:00Z
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Australian officials charged nearly 200 with fire offenses as deadly wildfires rage - Fox News

As exhausted firefighters in Australia toil in cooler weather to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires, officials announced Monday that nearly 200 people have been charged with fire-related offenses since the catastrophic wildfire season began.

The fires, fueled by drought and the country’s hottest and driest year on record, have been raging since September, months earlier than is typical for Australia’s annual wildfire season. So far, the blazes have killed 25 people, destroyed 2,000 homes and scorched an area twice the size of the state of Maryland.

In the New South Wales state, 130 fires were still burning on Tuesday, around 50 of which were uncontrolled.

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The NSW Police Force announced Monday that since Nov. 8, authorities have taken legal action against 183 people for fire-related offenses, including 24 individuals who have been charged for allegedly deliberately lighting bushfires – a crime punishable by up to 21 years in prison.

The deadly wildfires, which have been raging in Australia since September, have already burned about 12.35 million acres of land and destroyed more than 2,000 homes. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott told reporters at a news conference that three additional people were charged with alleged looting in areas affected by the fires.

Elliott, who described the state as a "tinder box situation," said anyone caught putting the community at risk will be put "before the court," according to news.com.au.

“In my mind, anybody that lights a fire either necessarily or unnecessarily against the total fire ban is putting the community at risk and that needs to be pulled up, called out and in many cases, to be put before the court,” he said in a press conference on Tuesday.

Officials said investigators from the Financial Crimes Squad’s Arson Unit have been working with local police to investigate the cause, origin, and impact of fires since the latest State of Emergency was declared last Thursday. Of those arrested, 40 are juveniles.

An initiative in New South Wales – dubbed Strike Force Tronto – has also led to legal action against 53 people for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban and 47 people for allegedly “discarding a lighted cigarette or match on land.”

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Other states in Australia have also reported arrests in the past months for fire-related offenses. In Queensland, where the fires were the worst in November, 101 people have been arrested for setting blazes in the bush, including 32 adults and 69 juveniles, according to data reviewed by The Australian.

Firefighters manage a controlled burn to help contain a larger fire near Falls Creek, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

In Tasmania, five were caught setting fire to vegetation while 43 were charged in the Victoria state in 2019, according to the newspaper.

Firefighters battle a fire near Bendalong, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

According to James Ogloff, the director of the Forensic Behavioural Science at Swinburne University, approximately 50 percent of Australia's bushfires are started by arsonists.

"They're interested in seeing fire, interested in setting fire and quite often the information around how fires burn and accelerate excites them," he told The Australian.

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Thousands of army, navy and air force reservists were being dispatched to battle the fires. On Tuesday, rescue crews were still trying to reach some affected communities.

A navy ship was sent to rescue stranded residents of Mallacoota, a coastal town in Victoria cut off for days by fires that forced around 4,000 people to shelter on beaches over the weekend. Heavy smoke squandered the navy’s efforts to airlift people out on Monday.

The first hints of the financial toll from the disaster began to emerge on Tuesday. The Insurance Council of Australia said the estimated damage bill had doubled in two days, with insurance claims reaching 700 million Australian dollars ($485 million).

The estimate was released one day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars that have already been promised.

Morrison’s funding announcement came amid fierce criticism from many Australians who say he has been too slow to respond to the crisis. He has also faced backlash for downplaying the need for his government to address climate change, which experts say helps supercharge the blazes.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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2020-01-07 13:31:03Z
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An 'Orange is the New Black' star is giving up her US green card to fight a 'climate war' in Australia - CNN

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Actress Yael Stone is giving up her US green card to fight a 'climate war' in Australia - CNN

Stone, who has worked in both countries and starred in the Netflix show throughout its six-year run, said the bushfires tearing through Australia motivated her to make the decision.

Having a US green card allows the holder to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis.

But the actor said it was time to make "sacrifices," adding that her decision to remain in Australia was made after a "long, considered process."

Stone said it is "unethical for us to set up a life in two countries knowing what we know."

"The carbon emissions alone from that flying, it's unethical, it's not right," the actress said in a video posted on Twitter Tuesday.

"So I will be going through the process of giving up my green card and saying goodbye to a life in America. I'm going to be here in Australia doing the work I can to make a difference here, because the time is now."

Stone added: "This is war -- and we've only got 10 years, so let's make these sacrifices, let's make these changes, let's put some skin in the game and say, 'yeah, I care and this is what I'm going to do about it.' This is just the beginning from me," she said.

Large swathes of Australia have been devastated by months of deadly wildfires that have turned skies blood red, blanketed major cities with thick plumes of smoke and left hundreds of millions of animals dead.

Millions of animals are dying from the Australian fires, and the environment will suffer for years to come

"Our country is on fire," Stone said in an earlier video posted on Instagram, as she launched a blistering attack against Australian leader Scott Morrison's climate change policies.

"Cold, calculated nothing. We don't have leaders, we have cowards," she added.

"We have to step up because this is war. This is a climate war. And for the first time, our enemy is not wearing a uniform that we'll be able to recognize. Our enemy is our own behavior."

Since her breakout on the Netflix prison drama, Stone has taken roles in both Australia and the United States, including her stint on HBO comedy "High Maintenance."

UN experts say the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people.

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Scientists also agree that climate change has worsened the scope and impact of natural disasters like the fires affecting Australia. Weather conditions are growing more extreme and, for years, the fires have been starting earlier in the season and spreading with greater intensity.

Several high-ranking emergency service officials, including the former commissioner of the NSW Fire and Rescue Department, sent letters to Morrison in 2019 warning of the impact of the climate crisis on Australia.

In response, Morrison emphasized a commitment to reduce carbon emissions -- but also said he would stick to "sensible" policies, and that there wasn't "a single policy, whether it be climate or otherwise," that can completely protect against the fires.

CNN's Jessie Yeung contributed to this report.

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