Measure super-emitting methane, don't guess!

Call on Minister Chris Bowen to act now

To the Honourable Minister for Climate and Energy, Chris Bowen,
I am writing because I am very concerned about Australia's significant fugitive methane emissions from coal and gas.
Methane is a climate super-pollutant. It's 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period and responsible for a third of global heating to date. Methane is already turbo-charging the climate disasters impacting communities all over Australia.
I was astounded that recent satellite data revealed Glencore's Hail Creek open cut coal mine released more methane pollution in 16 days than the company reported was emitted over an entire year. Yet, they want to extend this mine with 'super emitter' status.
I understand that you committed to review Australia's National Greenhouse gas and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act in March 2023 and will soon act upon the findings of the review. I strongly urge you to turn expert advice into action by committing to implement accurate measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas pollution, including fugitive methane emissions from coal and gas.
I welcome your initiative to direct the Climate Change Authority (CCA) to review the NGER Act. Its recommendations mark a turning point in acknowledging the inaccuracy of Australia's methane emissions reporting.
The CCA outlined the importance of shifting away from methods described by experts as back of the envelope estimates to more accurate techniques and technologies that ensure accurate measurement, reporting and verification.
The recommendations from the CCA and world-leading methane experts should be implemented as soon as possible to begin to rein in Australia's currently unmeasured and therefore unmanaged methane pollution.
Fixing Australia's greenhouse gas monitoring, reporting and verification is the critical first step to reducing Australia's climate pollution in line with the requirements of the Paris Agreement and keeping global heating below 1.5 degrees.
With Australia eager to host COP31, implementing accurate MRV techniques and technology would begin to restore our international climate credibility.
I encourage the Government to align Australian policy and decision making with an ambition that limits global temperature rise to 1.5C and the consistent IEA advice that the world has no need for further coal and gas projects.
Kind regards,

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Our environmental protection laws are broken. They are unable to accurately measure the damage that project after project is having on our country and climate.

Best-practice regulation of super-emitting methane can help change this.

In Queensland, both parties support the locked-in emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035. However, we have to meet that target while accurately reporting the fugitive emissions of methane, not guessing.

Methane is a super pollutant greenhouse gas, 86 times stronger than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. Responsible for a third of global heating to date, methane is turbocharging the climate crisis towards global boiling.

Slashing methane emissions as quickly as possible is the fastest way to slow global heating. Yet the Australian Government has no plan to make fossil fuel corporations cut methane pollution.

Corporations have been allowed to lie about their methane emissions because the rules are based on GUESSING, not measuring. The Climate Change Authority told Minister Bowen he should fix our methane measurement rules. It’s time for him to ACT NOW.

Take TWO MINUTES to demand Minister Bowen fix the rules. Can you help us double the number of emails - so he receives 5000 MESSAGES calling on him to fix Australia’s broken methane measurement rules? Cutting the pollution from an intense greenhouse gas brings intense results!

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