German coal mining emits up to 184 times more methane than reported: study

BERLIN, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Climate-damaging methane emissions from opencast lignite mining in Germany are "massively underestimated," and could be 184 times higher than reported, Environmental Action Germany (DUH) said on Wednesday.

A joint study by DUH and Ember Climate showed that instead of 1,390 tons of methane emissions reported in 2022, which accounts for 1 percent of the European Union's (EU) methane emissions, the figure could be as high as 256,000 tons annually.