EMEA > FEATURE: EU set to clamp down on methane, but some worry coal emissions will slip through

FEATURE: EU set to clamp down on methane, but some worry coal emissions will slip through

Published 10:00 on April 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:00 on April 9, 2024  / Sara Stefanini /  EMEA, International

The European Parliament is set to approve a widely welcomed law this week designed to reduce potent methane emissions from the EU’s energy sector — although some worry it doesn’t go far enough to plug pollution from vast abandoned coal mines. 
The European Parliament is set to approve a widely welcomed law this week designed to reduce potent methane emissions from the EU’s energy sector — although some worry it doesn’t go far enough to plug pollution from vast abandoned coal mines. 


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