Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Questions without Notice

Gas Industry

2:20 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, you are essentially saying our gas is being substituted for coal. Can you tell me which countries are now burning gas instead of coal, how much each country substituted and how many tonnes of emissions have been reduced? Or is it the case that, in fact, these countries are now burning gas as well as coal, and you're just spouting fossil fuel industry talking points?

Comments

Bill Thomson
Posted on 13 Feb 2020 12:16 pm

The United States is an excellent example that Senator Birmingham could have used https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/us-greenh...