Australia has passed its first ever bill on climate change pollution targets this August, with an emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030 now legislated.
But, while politicians and experts discuss how we’ll meet this target, a controversial Australian coal mine continues to pump huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere.
Read more: Are miners under reporting their carbon emissions?
Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Jacinta Bowler about just how potent methane is as a greenhouse gas and the concerns major coal companies could be under reporting their emissions and holding us back from reaching this target.
Originally published by Cosmos as Are Australia’s coal companies underreporting their methane emissions?
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