Malcolm Farr
The West
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has accused the United States government of funding environmental group Greenpeace via the CIA to undermine Australia’s coal mining sector.
Mr Palmer made the extraordinary claim over Greenpeace’s plan to use the court system to tie up coal mining applications.
He is angry at Greenpeace’s plan to use lawyers to thwart future coal mining projects and claims funding is coming from US environmental charity the Rockefeller Foundation.
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