Australian government ban all future fossil fuel projects? – Is it good?

Essay by Eric Worrall

With ordinary Australians reeling from skyrocketing energy prices and our electricity grid on the brink of collapse, the Australian Government is working to block future coal and gas projects.

Climate impacts could stop fossil fuel projects under Plibersek’s shift

Via Mike Foley, Laura Chung and Nick Toscano
Updated November 4, 2022 – 5.43pm

The global warming impact of fossil fuels will be included in federal government environmental assessments for the first time as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek opens up the possibility Coal and gas projects blocked due to climate change.

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To date, federal government assessments have only looked at a project’s impact on native wildlife and ecosystems.

However, due to a potential legal challenge brought by the Central Queensland Environment Council, The government will now consider public comment on the climate impacts of projectsare all seeking federal approval for their proposed developments.

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Coal and gas projects face tighter environmental scrutiny worth billions of dollarsincluding Whitehaven’s Narrabri underground coal mine extension in NSW, BHP’s Saraji metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Glencore’s Valeria proposed coal mine and Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal Alpha mine in the Galilee Basin.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there will be enough supplies to prevent power outages over the weekendbut vice president Shane Brunker of the Queensland Energy and Mining Union said outages created the risk of outages if wet weather disrupted other power generation or if hot weather increased electricity demand.

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Read more: https://www.smh.com.au/enosystem/climate-change/labor-will-reassess-approval-of-almost-20-new-coal-and-gas-projects-20221104-p5bvke.html

Phrases like “refugee lunatics” come to mind.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s comment on sufficient supplies for the weekend is a reference to serious breakdown of all 4 units at Australia’s rotting Callide coal plant. Factory scheduled to close 2028.

The plan is to replace 1.7GW of the plant’s convertible output with renewable energy.

One Callide unit has been shut down since last year, when a hydrogen coolant explosion crippled one of four generating sets, leading to widespread power outages on the East Coast.

Australia is so close to a grid failure, that an outage at a single coal plant could cause the East Coast grid to collapse – and those in charge want to create even more hurdles on the road to recovery. return and provide.