We push fossil fuels with the zeal of a drug lord – we do not care about the misery we are creating

The Coalition is too closely linked to the fossil fuel industry to be able to contemplate a future without coal, oil or gas. As climate change-induced crises continue through Australia, they must distance themselves from the industry associations and their lobbyists, and face up to a future which is different from the past, one that can be both exciting and beneficial to all Australians.

‘The problem, as we are now seeing, is that
 the industry associations are also heavily
invested in our political processes,
to the detriment of us all.’

While unprecedented bushfires burn across the country – first in New South Wales and Queensland, then in Western Australia and now in South Australia and Victoria – it is worth pausing for a moment on the word “unprecedented” to let it sink in. Unprecedented does not mean unexpected. At BP, over 20 years ago, we acknowledged climate change and what it would bring and that we needed to reduce emissions. Our acknowledgment brought cries of foul from industry associations and many peer companies.

Read the story from The Guardian by Greg Bourne - “We push fossil fuels with the zeal of a drug lord – we do not care about the misery we are creating.”