The proposal to construct an underground coal mine in Fingal would dig up 1 million tonnes of coal a year to be transported to Bell Bay and create hydrogen.
The science is clear: the proposed coal mine at Fingal feeding a black hydrogen operation at Bell Bay would be a climate disaster.
The proposed new coal mine for Fingal is a looming Tasmanian climate disaster
There are currently four separate tenement areas listed as potential exploration release areas for coal on the MRT website.
The proposal to build a thermal coal mine in the Midlands is dead - wonderful news for action on the climate emergency in lutruwita/Tasmania.
The continued support by this Government for thermal coal projects in Tasmania remains an ongoing concern to many people in the community and to the Greens.
Reports Midland Energy have not received the $50,000 taxpayer funds they had been granted for thermal coal exploration in the midlands are welcome.
Today it was revealed that Tasmanians would not be consulted about the use of rail infrastructure should thermal coal mining in Tasmania progress to exports.
Full transcript of the Tasmanian Railways Pty Ltd hearings in the 2019 Government Businesses Scrutiny Committee.
Cassy O'Connor asks the Premier if he will consider a ban on new thermal coal mines.
