As of April 2024, proposed new coal mines in China would have annual methane emissions amounting to nearly 830 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). Australia's proposed new coal mines would have the second-largest annual methane emissions, but by a wide margin, at some 78 MtCO₂e.
Annual methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of 2024, by country
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Global Energy Monitor. (April 1, 2024). Annual methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of 2024, by country (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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