SNAP :). Great article. Great leaders. The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is a “multi-faith” group that’s been helping organise this spiritual fight against coal. The group’s open letter kicked off a bit of a back and forth. In response, the MCA wrote its own letter. The coal lobby said fossil fuels were going to lift millions of people out of poverty (a constant mantra from the industry), that coal plants weren’t as dirty as they used to be and that “the Australian energy production sector does not receive ‘fossil fuel’ subsidies”. ARCC wrote back. There were some fundamental flaws in the coal lobbyists’ arguments over poverty. It was “simply not true” that fossil fuels didn’t get subsidies. The letter went on: The fossil fuel industry has not demonstrated the required moral imagination and courage to set aside self-interest and join the wider community to address climate change for the sake of the common good. In fact it has steadfastly set itself against the direction of the tide and appears to be ignoring its responsibility for the well-being of the earth and its inhabitants. Read more: theguardian/environment/planet-oz/2014/dec/05/gods-and-faith-versus-coal-in-name-of-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_fb
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:01:52 +0000
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