Anti-coal sentiment towards producers misdirected says QRC

The Queensland Resources Council says the anti-coal lobby is barking up the wrong tree trying to influence decarbonisation debate by criticising coal mining. The activity should be aimed at the end-user, chief executive officer Ian Macfarlane said. The green lobby refused to accept the industry was demand-driven and coal was filling demand driven by lifestyle, Mr Macfarlane said. Coal miners were not the cause of global warming, he said. “Oh, look, we've got to get over this stereotype that we're the cause of global warming because we're not,” Mr Macfarlane said. “It's not us that uses the coal to generate the electricity to charge the iPads and the iPhones that Generation Y and Z use to spread myths about us. “It's not us who burn the oil and gas. We produce it, and we produce it under the strictest environmental conditions in the world, the strictest safety conditions in the world, and the strictest rehabilitation of mine sites in the world. “And so people should stop blaming this industry and be part of this industry to provide the solutions to other countries that actually burn or use our products. Educating future decisions makers “And whenever they are doing that, we should be proud that we're supplying the highest quality coal with the lowest sulphur and the highest energy content, which produces less CO2 per megawatt hour of power generated.” International Women's Day QMEA Winner Tara Toshack. It was a matter of educating the next generation to appreciate the role and contribution of the mining industry, Mr Macfarlane said. “I don't want to call it ignorance,” he said. “I want to call it a lack of knowledge.” “That's why we run the QMEA a program in 90 schools in Queensland to get into high schools, and some of the best discussions our people have … are with young men and women and 15, 17 year olds, as they debate the role of the resources sector. “And by the end of it, there's been a lot of enlightenment on both sides, but particularly on Gen Z, because they have this distorted view that's fed to them through social media and through the Greens and through the lies and stuff that get told. That this distorted view of this industry.” The QRC operates the Queensland Mining and Energy Academy which places students onto pathways in the resources sector and other science, technology, engineering and maths industries. It says 22 per cent of QMEA students enter engineering and related technologies post school and 13 percent of female students in the program enter mining-related apprenticeships or traineeships compared to two per cent of non -QMEA students.

Anti-coal sentiment towards producers misdirected says QRC

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