Guy Pearse: 3 books
Greenwash
Big Brands and Carbon Scams
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that's being advertised? Toyota reckons Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to “Join the Green Revolution”, and McDonald's has painted its famous golden arches green. Facebook has even 'friended'...
Quarterly Essay 33 Quarry Vision
Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This is an essay about “quarry vision”, the mindset that sees Australia’s greatest asset as its mineral and energy resources – coal especially. How has this distorted our national politics and our response to climate change? What happens now that our coal-fired resources boom has gone bust?...
Big Coal
Australia's Dirtiest Habit
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
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...