EMEA > EU’s abandoned coal mines emit as much methane as blown-up Nord Stream pipe -study

EU’s abandoned coal mines emit as much methane as blown-up Nord Stream pipe -study

Published 14:07 on June 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:07 on June 27, 2024  / Emanuela Barbiroglio /  EMEA

Abandoned coal mines in the EU have emitted an estimated 298 million cubic meters of methane per year since 2015, or the equivalent that leaked from the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany in 2022, according to research published on Thursday.
Abandoned coal mines in the EU have emitted an estimated 298 million cubic meters of methane per year since 2015, or the equivalent that leaked from the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany in 2022, according to research published on Thursday.


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