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Coal-fed hydrogen plant 'cannot go ahead' if Tasmania is to maintain 'clean, green' reputation, expert says

A proposal for a coal-fed hydrogen plant in Tasmania "cannot go ahead" if the state is to live up to its "clean, green" reputation, according to a respected climate scientist, as pressure mounts on the government to condemn the proposal.

"There's no positive view on why we would want another coal mine," former IPCC lead author and member of the Tasmanian Independent Science Council John Church said.

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