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In this context "super-emitters" means strong outliers, locations or events where unusual amounts of something (i.e. methane) are being released.

This often correlates to either accidents that have not been detected/fixed, to deliberate pollution for financial again, or to something nobody realized was significant before.

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> "to deliberate pollution for financial again"

What do these words mean? Why would anyone do it and how can they gain something? I am suspecting greenwashing, but please clarify if possible.

“Do deliberate”, I think. Like the mafia setting up a hazardous waste disposal company, and then simply dumping the waste into a ditch. Makes them a lot more money.

> “Do deliberate”

In this case it's "correlates to", rather than "correlates do".

"Thing {X} often correlates to {y}, to {z}, or to {w}."

I mean "deliberate pollution" not so much in the "evil villain who directly wants to ruin the environment" sense, and more like "I'd rather have $X in profit than spend anything to handle this properly, whatever happens next is somebody else's problem."

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