Coal Mines in Tasmania
Cassy O'Connor asks the Premier if he will consider a ban on new thermal coal mines.
Cassy O'Connor asks the Premier if he will consider a ban on new thermal coal mines.
Labor and Liberals undermine The Greens’ motion in Parliament called for a straightforward, urgently needed, ban on new thermal coal mines in Tasmania.
Tasmania’s future is clearly not in coal mining, but you wouldn’t know that from the Premier’s contribution in Question Time today.
The climate emergency requires us to keep carbon in the ground. This is non-negotiable.
The Liberals are funding a coal mining business to conduct exploratory drilling for fossil fuels that scientists are telling us have to stay in the ground.
The latest figures from Hydro are that up to 50% of Tasmania’s power is now coming from Victorian coal-fired power stations.