Adani And The War Over Coal 2018 Quentin Beresford by Quentin Beresford 9781742235936, 174223593X instant download after payment.

Coal is the political, economic and cultural totem for debates about climate change. Yet Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock our politics – and our country – into the fossil fuel age.
This searing book takes apart the pivotal role of the Adani Carmichael mine in the conflict over coal. We see the rise of a fossil fuel power network linking mining companies, mining oligarchs, the big four banks, right-wing think tanks, lobby groups, the conservative media and all sides of Australian politics. On the other side, we have one of the biggest social movements ever seen in Australia in the form of #StopAdani uniting to try to save the Great Barrier Reef, native title rights and to fight the corrupt politics of coal.
Looking into the social, environmental and economic elements of this big fight, as well as the background of Gautam Adani himself, this book tells the full story of one of the lightning rod issues of our time.
Quentin Beresford has had a diverse career in teaching, the public service and journalism. He is the author of several books including Rites of Passage: Aboriginal Youth Crime and Justice (1996); Our State of Mind: Racial Planning and the Stolen Generations (1998), which won the Western Australian Premier’s nonfiction prize; the multi-award winning biography, Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader’s Quest for Justice (2006); The Godfather: The Life of Brian Burke (2008) and The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd (2015), which won the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prize. He is professor of politics at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.