coal – world energy outlook 2019 – analysis iea
15/2/2020 · discussions of energy related methane emissions have focused on oil and natural gas operations, but coal mining also releases methane. we estimate that global emissions of coal mine methane (cmm), the methane naturally contained in coal seams, were around 40 million tonnes in 2018, equal to around 1 200 million tonnes of co2 equivalent (mt co2 eq).