Quote of the Week - In Canada I can’t tell where the oil industry ends and the government begins and in Australia the same is true when it comes to coal.

“In Canada I can’t tell where the oil industry ends and the government begins and in Australia the same is true when it comes to coal,” she (Naomi Klein) told Guardian Australia.

“The Abbott government is repeating the talking points of the coal industry, the same stuff I heard at the Heartland Institute, that ‘coal is good for humanity’ and ‘God bless coal’.

“We have elections in Canada in October, and I hope we have a different government.  If that happens, Australia will be isolated as a climate villain.  At the moment we are giving you a run for your money.”


Tony Abbott is a climate change 'villain', says Canadian author Naomi Klein by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Aug 16, 2015

Read original at 2015 SkS Weekly Digest #33