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German coal mines spew 184 times more methane than what the country reports to the United Nations, according to a new analysis by Ember.
“A wide-ranging measurement campaign would be the start to understanding the true scale of its methane emissions,” said Sabina Assan, the author of the report and a coal-mine methane analyst at Ember. “Developing a vigorous surface coal-mine methane measurement standard would put the country on track to be a true climate leader.”
RWE said it follows the law and will implement any changes that are expected to come under the forthcoming EU Methane Regulation. Data in the study wasn’t categorized to show other potential sources of pollution and the research didn’t disclose potential variables that could have influenced the findings, LEAG, an entity of Czech EPH, said in a statement.
Christian Böttcher, co-author of Germany’s annual national inventory report which is published by the Federal Environment Agency, said that while neighboring countries’ lignite are similar, a model used by Ember to estimate emissions comes from a study about US hard coal. Lignite is more porous and doesn’t trap methane like hard coal deposits, he said.
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