Proposed new coal mines in China would have annual methane emissions amounting to some 580 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e). Russia's proposed new coal mines would have the second-largest annual methane emissions, at 129 MtCO2e.
Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Global Energy Monitor. (July 1, 2022). Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. "Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. July 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. (2022). Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor. "Methane Emissions from Proposed Coal Mines Worldwide as of July 2022, by Country (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/
Global Energy Monitor, Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited June 04, 2023)
Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of July 2022, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Global Energy Monitor, July 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/