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Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet (www.theguardian.com)

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The huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce global heating

The 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet (www.theguardian.com)

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Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet (www.theguardian.com)

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A total of 1,256 methane super-emitter events occurred between January 2019 and June 2023, according to the new data. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh lead the list of nations with the most large leaks, followed by Argentina, Uzbekistan and Spain.

Decomposing waste is responsible for about 20% of human-caused methane emissions.

Prof Euan Nisbet, a methane expert at Royal Holloway University of London, said: “Big landfills make a great deal of methane but it doesn’t cost much to bulldoze soil over a stinking, burning landfill. It’s not rocket science.”