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Not Measured, Not Managed: Australia remains ignorant of its coal mine methane problem
Australian coal mines could be emitting up to double the amount of methane they report to the government.
Annika Reynolds Climate Policy Advisor, Ember
Ember’s global coal mine methane tracker shows that the Australian government is still in the dark about the scale of methane pollution from our coal mines. We need urgent reform to greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting laws. The technology is there to directly monitor coal mine methane emissions, all that is needed is the political will to implement these solutions.
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Aerial view of open cut coal mine Hunter Valley NSW Australia
Credit: redbrickstock.com / Alamy Stock Photo
Independent studies, collated and assessed by Ember’s new Coal Mine Methane Reporting Data Tracker, suggest that Australian coal mines could be emitting up to double the amount of methane they report to the government. Australia’s significant coal mine methane problem shows that we must tackle this pollution at the source, with accurate measurement underpinning mitigation.
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