UK CO2 emissions in 2019.
The Germany-based energy company RWE was the most polluting company in the United Kingdom in 2019. RWE produced 12.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) that year, which was twice the amount produced by the UK’s second-largest carbon polluter – Tata Steel. The 10 largest polluters accounted for roughly 15 percent of total Carbon dioxide emissions from selected companies in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2)
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Sky News. "Carbon dioxide emissions from selected companies in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2)." Chart. December 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227190/biggest-carbon-polluters-in-the-united-kingdom/
Sky News. (2020). Carbon dioxide emissions from selected companies in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227190/biggest-carbon-polluters-in-the-united-kingdom/
Sky News. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Selected Companies in The United Kingdom in 2019 (in Million Metric Tons of Co2)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227190/biggest-carbon-polluters-in-the-united-kingdom/
Sky News, Carbon dioxide emissions from selected companies in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227190/biggest-carbon-polluters-in-the-united-kingdom/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emissions from selected companies in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2) [Graph], Sky News, December 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227190/biggest-carbon-polluters-in-the-united-kingdom/