Satellite monitoring has detected huge plumes of methane above one of Australia's largest gas complexes, triggering a United Nations alert and enquiries by state authorities.

Huge clouds of methane have been detected by satellite over Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project in northern WA, prompting a warning from the United Nations.

Methane is thought to be responsible for about 25 per cent of global warming.

The WA government is investigating the reports “to understand what compliance or regulatory measures may be required”.

This keeps happening over and over again and we still don’t tax these fossil fuel exploiters how they should be! Grrrr…