In 2021, Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine was the largest fossil fuel extraction project with a total emission of roughly 295 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine's total emission was more than three times higher than Jangseong Coal Mine's total emission, the second largest fossil fuel extraction project.
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Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (November 15, 2022). Largest fossil fuel extraction projects in South Korea in 2021, by emissions (in MtCO2e) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345363/south-korea-largest-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects/
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Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (2022). Largest fossil fuel extraction projects in South Korea in 2021, by emissions (in MtCO2e). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345363/south-korea-largest-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Largest Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in South Korea in 2021, by Emissions (in Mtco2e)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345363/south-korea-largest-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, Largest fossil fuel extraction projects in South Korea in 2021, by emissions (in MtCO2e) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345363/south-korea-largest-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Largest fossil fuel extraction projects in South Korea in 2021, by emissions (in MtCO2e) [Graph], Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, November 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345363/south-korea-largest-fossil-fuel-extraction-projects/