Study finds big gap in Australia's methane emissions

Sydney (AFP) April 15, 2025
Australian coal mines may have vastly underestimated historical methane emissions, according to analysis of the potent greenhouse gas published Wednesday. Energy think tank Ember used satellite imagery to calculate methane emissions from a string of Australian coal mines. These mines in 2020 belched 40 percent more methane gas than was reported in Australian government estimates, Ember