Pressure mounts on state government over coal-fed hydrogen project labelled 'climate disaster'

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Coal-fed hydrogen plant 'cannot go ahead if Tasmania is to meet net-zero target'

"We don't need extra coal … the International Energy Agency has done quite a thorough proposal of what they recommend and that's based on expanding our renewables very rapidly and getting out of fossil fuels," Professor Church said.

Mr Hodgson said his proposal would be "the only clean coal-to-hydrogen project in the world" and had the potential to be used elsewhere."Coal mining itself releases greenhouse gases both in the mining and also fugitive emissions, and I'm not aware of this so-called technology which is secret to him only."A coalition of environmental groups has called on Premier Jeremy Rockliff to condemn the project.

"We call on Premier Jeremy Rockliff to condemn the coal mine proposed at Fingal, re-affirm his government's commitment to green hydrogen and rule out any new coal mines in lutruwita/Tasmania." "As it approaches its renewal date, the Mineral Resources Tasmania will of course go through its usual due diligence."Mr Ferguson defined green hydrogen as hydrogen created "with a source of energy which is a renewable resource such as wind or hydro [electricity]".

 

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This is the Green Hydrogen the LNP keep harping on,did they even mention it was powered by Coal?

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