Analysis

Australian Workers Union and Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest at odds over hydrogen; just one of many disputes as the hydrogen gold rush begins

Ian Kirkwood
August 22 2022 - 11:00am
SEVENTY YEARS AGO: The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, 'Ivy Mike', detonated on November 1, 1952, on an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Hydrogen's destructive potential created global fear during the Cold War. We now hope this same gas will be our saviour. Picture: US Defense Special Weapons Agency
SEVENTY YEARS AGO: The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, 'Ivy Mike', detonated on November 1, 1952, on an atoll in the Marshall Islands. Hydrogen's destructive potential created global fear during the Cold War. We now hope this same gas will be our saviour. Picture: US Defense Special Weapons Agency

WITH the new Labor federal government putting the foot to the floor on emissions reduction, developments on the hydrogen front are almost daily occurrences.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.