As of April 2023, proposed new coal mines in China would have annual methane emissions amounting to nearly 690 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). Russia's proposed new coal mines would have the second-largest annual methane emissions, but by a wide margin, at some 77 MtCO₂e.
Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of April 2023, by country
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Global Energy Monitor. (April 30, 2023). Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of April 2023, by country (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/
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Methane emissions from proposed coal mines worldwide as of April 2023, by country (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Global Energy Monitor, April 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078423/methane-emissions-of-proposed-coal-mines-worldwide-by-country/