Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick and premier Annastacia Palaszczuk are defending coal exports from the state.Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick and premier Annastacia Palaszczuk are defending coal exports from the state.Last modified on Mon 28 Nov 2022 02.48 GMT
The plan is almost entirely focused on energy supply, which mostly comes from publicly owned coal power plants. Scope three emissions from Queensland’s coal exports are also in focus after the state’s land court on FridayThe court found the project would have “unacceptable climate change impacts” on Queenslanders, no matter where the coal was burned in the world.
The deputy premier, Steven Miles, said those mines would be needed for steelmaking coal to make renewable energy generation parts, which the government wants to do in Queensland.
Queensland Labor still believes that exported emissions don't damage the climate in Queensland . Qld Labor have decided the tourism industry is expendable as they move to protect their Fossil fuel donors . Expanding Gas and Coal via subsidies is what Labor do . ClimateAction