Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report. Climate and energy analysts said the report had again highlighted an “enormous gap” in the country’s reported methane emissions from coalmines and should serve as a wake-up call. The IEA’s Global Methane Tracker report released on Monday said Australia’s coalmines, particularly in Queensland and New South Wales, emitted 1.7m tonnes of methane in 2025. The government’s latest emissions data compiled under the UN’s international agreement on climate change shows Australia’s coalmines
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