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They are forced by the state government to put aside money for future rehabilitation.

Something else to point out is that “huge methane plume” is actually methane that is always there. It’s just that normally there is a huge amount of forced ventilation into (and subsequently out of) underground mines and while that is working this methane plume is diluted to much lower levels.

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No1@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

They are forced by the state government to put aside money for future rehabilitation. Piles of money set aside frequently have a way of disappearing…

Something else to point out is that “huge methane plume” is actually methane that is always there. It’s just that normally there is a huge amount of forced ventilation into (and subsequently out of) underground mines and while that is working this methane plume is diluted to much lower levels.

Oh, my bad. I thought that the methane was kinda trapped underground with the coal and was released by mining/boring.

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