Big coal Australia's dirtiest habit
Dissects the charm offensive (and muscle) the coal industry uses publicly and behind closed doors to get its way. Exposes the myth of clean coal and the taxpayer-funded PR machine behind it. Lays bare the desolation in regional Australia as prime farming land, the fabric of communities, and much els...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Sydney
NewSouth Publ.
2013
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Dissects the charm offensive (and muscle) the coal industry uses publicly and behind closed doors to get its way. Exposes the myth of clean coal and the taxpayer-funded PR machine behind it. Lays bare the desolation in regional Australia as prime farming land, the fabric of communities, and much else is strip-mined along with coal, and how we can move to a sustainable, prosperous, future |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-246) and index Foreword / by Ian Dunlop -- Introduction -- The real price of coal -- The strip-mining of Australia -- The barons' boom -- Charm offensive -- King Coal's muscles -- 'Clean coal' ruse -- Overthrowing big coal |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 257 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781742233031 |