The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power. – Jeff Goodell
Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change. – Jeff Goodell
Americans dont pay much attention to environmental issues, because they arent sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesnt get anybodys pulse racing. – Jeff Goodell
With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production. – Jeff Goodell