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The Australian Greens are to introduce a bill that if passed would make it unlawful to dig, burn or ship thermal coal after 2030.<\/p>\n

Greens Deputy Leader and climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP outlined how the party envisions ending thermal coal exports by 2030 while addressing a conference of the United Firefighters Union in Hobart on Friday.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bandt said coal is the next asbestos and it’s time it was regulated as such.<\/p>\n

“When coal exports are added to Australia\u2019s domestic emissions, Australia is the sixth highest emitter in the world,” he stated. \u201cAustralia\u2019s coal exports produce over 1 billion tonnes of pollution a year, doubling our domestic emissions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his address, Mr. Bandt drew a link between worsening bushfires and climate change – and coal’s contribution to global warming.<\/p>\n

The Greens state Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter and the second biggest exporter of thermal coal used for power generation. Carbon dioxide emissions aside, burning coal emits dozens of toxic substances and is a major source of fine particulate pollution. Then there’s all the other issues associated with digging up the stuff, shipping it, burning it and dealing with the resulting fly-ash after it is burned.<\/p>\n

Basically, Australia is a Typhoid Mary of coal and the damage it wreaks.<\/p>\n

Tradable Permits For Coal Exports<\/h2>\n

Mr. Bandt said he will introduce legislation to make it illegal under Commonwealth law to export thermal coal by January 1, 20301<\/a><\/sup>, with quotas to gradually reduce exports up until that point.<\/p>\n

Under the scheme, the Commonwealth will issue tradable permits equal to the declining quota set out in legislation each year that exporters will be compelled to purchase. In the first year, permits would be purchased from the Clean Energy Regulator at $1 a tonne. In subsequent years, permits will be auctioned, with a floor price of $1.<\/p>\n

Funds raised from coal export permits during this phase-out period would be routed to a “Clean Energy Transition Fund” that will support coal communities in making the transition. The fund would also direct investment into Australia’s clean energy industry.<\/p>\n

“The time has come for Australia to accept that the time of coal is over. Australia is moving to renewables and so is the rest of the world. There is no future in coal exports,” says Mr. Bandt<\/a>. “Australia could be a renewable energy superpower, exporting clean, cheap renewable energy instead of coal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bill will also ban new coal mines or expanding existing mines immediately, plus make it an offence to burn coal for power generation after 2030.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whether the bill is successful, the writing may be on the wall for coal exports. In recent related news, a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis stated New South Wales coal export volumes have peaked and are now facing a terminal long-term decline<\/a>; although this is a claim the NSW Minerals Council strongly disputes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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