The changing climate of Australian coal and where it is headed
ABCHundreds of years ago, long before the arrival of the First Fleet, the First Nation's Awabakal people of Lake Macquarie cooked their food and warmed themselves by fires fuelled by chunks of coal. Fast facts: Coal is a fossil fuel created from prehistoric vegetation, which was converted from underground heat and pressure over millions of years Australia mines both thermal coal and metallurgical or coking coal Australia is one of the world's largest producers of coal, of which 75 per cent is exported Denis Porter spent 12 years working with the NSW Mineral Council and has also written a book on the history of coal in Australia. "When I started in the industry, there was some kudos attached to being a coal miner, it was something significant," Mr Howard said. "Coal was Australia's bridge to the future, and the future is now," Mr Randel said. "A transition is already underway, but we still have politicians suggesting we're going to keep mining coal forever, and that's just not true."
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