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.
Hydrogen is obviously critical for Tasmania and the investment so far is $140 million, $70 million Tasmania's, $70million federal.
Now the CEO has left and there is plenty of speculation that a rift has occurred between Government and Hydro.
I have received a stream of promotional materials from Font PR of behalf of Tas Gas and the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline over the last few months.
We've heard that Hydro Tasmania didn't think there was enough energy for hydrogen which contradicted the Government's position.
Two weeks ago Hydro said to Twiggy Forrest that according to him Hydro couldn't provide 250 megawatts of power for that project.
The Federal Liberal Budget has killed off public investment in climate-friendly energy generation.
Thermal coal combustion is a key driver of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and rising global temperatures.
What we do with energy into the future is the most important decision we can make as a Tasmanian Parliament.