The donations that Bob Brown would destroy

Greens leader Bob Brown, the warming alarmist who wants to stop coal mining and slash oil use to "save" the planet, should ask himself which industries would then step in to provide the jobs and money to make good that loss. To clarify his thinking, here's some of the big donors to Queensland's disaster relief appeal:

BHP Billiton $1,000,000


ConocoPhillips $1,000,000


XSTRATA Queensland $1,000,000


ExxonMobil Australia $250,000


Rio Tinto $700,000


Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) $250,000


Macarthur Coal $250,000


BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance $100,000


Joy Mining and P&H MinePro $100,000


Minerals and Metals Group Australia $80,000


Sumisho Coal Australia $50,000

(Thanks to reader Craig.)