Abandoned infrastructure one of the biggest polluters in the world | Emissions from abandoned coalmines, oil and gas wells globally are larger than any single country except China, US & Russia
Abandoned infrastructure one of the biggest polluters in the world | Emissions from abandoned coalmines, oil and gas wells globally are larger than any single country except China, US & Russia

www.theguardian.com
Abandoned infrastructure one of the biggest polluters in the world – report

Thanks. The article headline seems to be inaccurate though: What actually seems to be the case is that the methane emissions from abandoned infrastructure are larger than the methane emissions of any country other than CN, US, RU. (So it does not seem to be true that, say, the overall greenhouse gas effect stemming from abandoned infrastructure is larger than the overall GHG effect from all countries except these three.)
Though far shorter lived, methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas.
Edit: as the article also mentions. Darnit.