So slow to change so fast to say No

The jury remains out on hydrogen. Yet a massive new fossil fuel project planned for Victoria’s Western Port Bay, to supply energy for Japan, is subsidised by state and federal governments. Sarah Russell and Jane Carnegie report on the risks to the local environment and the planet.

The HESC project plans to use coal gasification to create hydrogen from coal supplied by AGL in the Latrobe Valley. The project provides a new potential for coal to be burned many years longer than had been planned by AGL’s coal-fired power stations. HESC was given social licence and political impetus following the closure of Latrobe Valley coal production and the spectre of widespread unemployment.

Source: HESC grotesque say Victorian locals as Japanese giants push Western Port coal-to-hydrogen – Michael West