30 Aug 2010

Why would you pave paradise to put up a parking lot?

Why a Margaret River coal mine is madness - Liam Bartlett

JONI Mitchell made the point years ago. Why would you pave paradise to put up a parking lot?
The answer is as obvious now as it was in 1970. Except Mitchell has never been to Margaret River, so she wouldn't realise that in the category of the bleeding obvious, the concept of making a buck at any cost is alive and well.

Just ask the suit and ties in charge of LD Operations _ they run an outfit that wants to mine coal in the middle of the pristine wine-growing region for the next 20 years. They assure us that the project will be 'accomplished in a safe and environmentally and socially responsible manner'.
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