Just over a month ago, the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland exploded, causing a massive methane plume and doing more damage in an hour than 10,000 tree saplings could offset in 10 years.
They are forced by the state government to put aside money for future rehabilitation.
Piles of money set aside frequently have a way of disappearing…
Something else to point out is that “huge methane plume” is actually methane that is always there. It’s just that normally there is a huge amount of forced ventilation into (and subsequently out of) underground mines and while that is working this methane plume is diluted to much lower levels.
Oh, my bad. I thought that the methane was kinda trapped underground with the coal and was released by mining/boring.
Oh, my bad. I thought that the methane was kinda trapped underground with the coal and was released by mining/boring.