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1 online resource |
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Intro; Prologue; High Noon in the Galilee: Wangan and Jagalingou Law and Order; Adrian Burragubba; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Part I; Chapter 1Introduction: The Coming of the Martians; Chapter 2Reveals, Plans and Leaks; Chapter 3Throats Full of Dust; Chapter 4What Are They Thinking?; Chapter 5Cultists and Captives; Chapter 6On the Bleach; Chapter 7Stopping on the Crook Road; Chapter 8In the Heat; Part II; Chapter 9The Implications are Clear: Climate and Environmental Impacts -- the Verdict; Lesley Hughes, Will Steffen and David Alexander |
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Chapter 10 Three Hundred Thousand Children: The Public Health Verdict on New CoalHilary Bambrick; Chapter 11The Economic (Non)Viability of Coal Mining in the Galilee Basin; John Quiggin; Chapter 12A Tale of Two Countries: How to Debunk the Moral Case for Australian Coal; Ruchira Talukdar; Chapter 13An Environmentalist First and Foremost; Geoff Cousins; Chapter 14Conclusion: The Backlash on the Road to the Bright Horizon; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Since 2012, the fight to stop the opening of the vast Galilee coal basin has emerged as an iconic pivot of the Australian climate and environment movement. The Coal Truth: the fight to stop Adani, defeat the big polluters and reclaim our democracy provides a timely and colourful contribution to one of the most important struggles in our national history - over the future of the coal industry. Written by an environmental insider with an eye on the world his daughters will inherit, The Coal Truth is told with wit and verve, drawing in other specialist voices to bring to life the contours of a con. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Coal mines and mining -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Queensland -- Environmental conditions.
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Coal mines and mining |
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Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects |
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Ecology |
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Queensland https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpJjxXPtbxKkyqvRdR3Qq |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ritter, David. Coal Truth : The Fight to Stop Adani, Defeat the Big Polluters and Reclaim Our Democracy. Perth : UWA Publishing, ©2018 |
| ISBN |
1760800090 (electronic book) |
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9781760800093 (electronic bk.) |
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9781742589824 |
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