Exactly why Bob Brown is wrong - and a disgraceful opportunist

Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"On 16 January, Senator Bob Brown, the leader of the Green Party, was quoted as saying that the Queensland coal mining industry should foot the bill for the Queensland floods because it helped cause them. His argument was that higher temperatures are causing higher evaporation. The result was “that’s causing the moisture in the air which is leading to these catastrophic floods"…
Conclusion…
Bob Brown has suggested that there is higher rainfall and more floods in Queensland now because of a high level of coal mining. The historical record shows that this is not the case. Average rainfall has not increased over the past 100 years. The highest flood levels recorded were in the 19th century.. "