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21 January 2020

MOTHER JONES ECONUNDRUMS: Australia's Wallabies, Recovering From Fires, Fed by Carrots Falling From the Sky, Energy Companies Have a Great Friend At Trump's Interior Department: Their Former Lobbyist, NASA and NOAA Just Announced that 2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record, Australia's Nightmare Fires Are on Track to Spew an Entire Year's Worth of the Country's Emissions, Private Documents Reveal What Wall Street Really Thinks About Elizabeth Warren, Trump's Stealth Plan to Preserve White Electoral Power 20JAN20

A wallaby eating a carrotNew South Wales Environment Minister Environment Minister Matt Kean

Australia's Wallabies, Recovering From Fires, Fed by Carrots Falling From the Sky

It’s devastating—but this photo will warm your heart.

Thousands of pounds of carrots and sweet potatoes are falling from the sky in Australia, air-dropped to help feed the Brush-tailed Rock wallabies whose habitats have been devastated by massive brushfires.

The wallabies, agile marsupials that use their furred tails for balance while climbing trees and vertical rocks, tend to survive fires. But their vegetation is often destroyed, according to the New South Wales government, which on Sunday announced it was coordinating helicopter drops in the state as part of recovery efforts. New South Wales Environment Minister Matt Kean shared photos of the hungry marsupials on Twitter:

Brushfires happen every year in Australia but are particularly horrible this year, following record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought that experts believe are exacerbated by climate change. The blazes have ripped through brushland, wooded areas, and national parks, and have destroyed entire towns. New South Wales has been the hardest hit state, with more than 1,500 homes burned down.

In Operation Rock Wallaby, more than 4,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and carrots are being delivered to colonies in several valleys and national parks. Here’s hoping it helps the little marsupials recover.

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