By Sadiqur Rahman When Bloomberg published a report on Apr. 8, 2021, identifying Bangladesh as the 12th largest methane emitter globally, attributing a significant share to rice cultivation, the country’s rice researchers were concerned. Equipped with only secondary and manually collected data, they challenged the “exaggerated” claim, arguing that methane emission from Bangladesh’s rice production was relatively small compared to its neighbors India and China — the major emitters. Bloomberg’s publishing of another report two weeks later, claiming that a leaking municipal solid waste landfill c…

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