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Revealed: The 1,200 Big Methane Leaks from Waste Dumps Trashing the Planet

Summary/Abstract

This investigative reporting project from The Guardian used satellite image analysis from the company Kayrros, documented a total of 1,256 methane “super-emitter” events between January 2019 and June 2023. The Guardian’s reporting linked these sites to large landfills across the globe. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh lead the list of nations with the most large leaks, followed by Argentina, Uzbekistan and Spain.

Damian Carrington & Seán Clarke, Revealed: The 1,200 Big Methane Leaks from Waste Dumps Trashing the Planet, The Guardian (Feb. 12, 2024), https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/12/revealed-the-1200-big-methane-leaks-from-waste-dumps-trash

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February 2024
Damian Carrington, Seán Clarke
The Guardian
Dataset
Argentina, Global, India, Pakistan, Spain
Source Attribution
Source Attribution → Sectoral Emissions

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