Big Coal: Australia's Dirtiest Habit

by David McKnight, Bob Burton, Guy Pearse

A 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742233031
• ISBN13: 9781742233031
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.1"