US deal could plug Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6C0YV)
The central Asian country has the worst rate of climate-heating super-emitter' events in the world
The US is in negotiations with Turkmenistan over an agreement to plug the central Asian nation's colossal methane leaks.
Turkmenistan was responsible for 184 super-emitter" events in which the powerful greenhouse gas was released in 2022, the highest number in the world. One caused climate pollution equivalent to the rate of emissions from 67m cars.
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