(Source: Greenpeace International) The Australian continent might be about 4,000 km wide from east to west, but even the far west coast cannot escape the winds of Cyclone Rusty and the alarming impacts of climate change caused by coal mining, such as the planned Galilee Basin project, in the nation's east. Cyclone Rusty, a category 3 tropical cyclone, hammered into the West Australian coast today, packing a punch with gale force winds expected to hit 200 km per hour and forecast to bring heavy rain and major flooding. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning for "an extended period of destructive winds" and rainfall "heavier than that associated with a...
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