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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damian Carrington Environment editor

‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed

A Nasa satellite image of methane plumes east of Hazar, Turkmenistan, in October 2022
A Nasa satellite image of methane plumes east of Hazar, Turkmenistan, in October 2022. Photograph: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/AFP/Getty

Methane leaks alone from Turkmenistan’s two main fossil fuel fields caused more global heating in 2022 than the entire carbon emissions of the UK, satellite data has revealed.

Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil- and gas-rich country are “mind-boggling”, and an “infuriating” problem that should be easy to fix, experts have told the Guardian.

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