They knew but they did it anyway

<p>They knew it then, they know it now, and yet they still do it.</p> <p>Fossil fuel companies are driving the planet - and us along with it - towards climate induced oblivion. While the anti-science tactics of the tobacco industry inflicts death and illness among a huge number of people, climate change is doing that on a global scale. In the process, they have co-opted the levers of government and public institutions that should be steering us towards a safer future.</p> <p>The question is why? Why drives industry and captive governments towards disaster? In this, the true meaning of 'sustainability' has been ignored.</p> <p>With his history inside the coal industry, Ian Dunlop has a unique insight into this story and today is an ardent voice for action on climate change.</p> <p>Ian Dunlop is a contributing author of Sustainability and the New Economics, edited by Stephen Williams and Rod Taylor.</p> <p>This interview by Rod is one of a series with authors from that book. You'll find more interviews at <a href='https://sustainabilityandtheneweconomics.blogspot.com/2022/12/sustainability-and-new-economics.html'>https://sustainabilityandtheneweconomics.blogspot.com/2022/12/sustainability-and-new-economics.html</a></p>