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[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks 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.