02774nam 2200661Ia 450 991048088190332120210209163239.01-74224-146-81-74224-640-0(CKB)2550000001161630(EBL)1557386(OCoLC)863673561(SSID)ssj0001075089(PQKBManifestationID)11623753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075089(PQKBWorkID)11245390(PQKB)11029132(MiAaPQ)EBC1557386(MiAaPQ)EBC1331780(Au-PeEL)EBL1331780(OCoLC)840486045(EXLCZ)99255000000116163020130813d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBig coal[electronic resource] Australia's dirtiest habit /Guy Pearse, David McKnight, Bob Burton1st ed.Sydney NewSouth20131 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-303-1 1-306-13473-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; About the Authors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Real Price of Coal; 2. The Strip-Mining of Australia; 3. The Barons' Boom; 4. Charm Offensive; 5. King Coal's Muscles; 6. 'Clean Coal' Ruse; 7. Overthrowing Big Coal; Notes; IndexA look at the underbelly of an industry whose power continues to soar even as its expansion feeds catastrophic climate change, this work dissects the Australian coal industry's influence to publicly, and behind closed doors, get its way. The book exposes the myth of clean coal and the taxpayer-funded public relations machine behind it while laying bare the desolation in regional Australia as prime farming land, the fabric of communities, and much else is stripmined along with the coal. Most contentiously of all, Big Coal explores how AustCoalEnvironmental aspectsAustraliaCoal tradeAustraliaCoal tradeEconomic aspectsAustraliaExportsGovernment policyAustraliaElectronic books.CoalEnvironmental aspectsCoal tradeCoal tradeEconomic aspectsExportsGovernment policy338.2Pearse Guy970027McKnight David912414Burton Bob1028968MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480881903321Big coal2445159UNINA