Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions

  • Scot M. Miller,
  • Anna M. Michalak,
  • Robert G. Detmers,
  • Otto P. Hasekamp,
  • Lori M. P. Bruhwiler,
  • Stefan Schwietzke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07891-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Chinese government has implemented regulations to reduce mining-related methane emission since 2010. Here the authors estimated methane emissions in China using GOSAT satellite observation and results reveal a business-as-usual increase in methane emissions since 2010 despite those ambitious targets.