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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Climate-heating methane released from dozens of Australian fossil fuel sites, environmental group claims

Climate-heating methane gas is leaking or being vented from more than 100 places across 35 fossil fuel sites in Queensland and New South Wales, according to an investigation by environmental organisations.

The Australian Conservation Foundation commissioned the US-based Clean Air Task Force, a global nonprofit, to use new technology to monitor if methane was leaking from coalmines and gas facilities owned by energy giants Santos and Origin and pipeline company Jemena.

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