The Martin Lake Power Station in Texas produced 48,783 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in 2021. This was the largest volume of SO2 emissions produced by a U.S. power plant that year. Martin Lake is a coal-fired power plant and one of the
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Statistics on Electric power industry emissions in the U.S.
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- Greenhouse gases emitted by the public sector in the United Kingdom (UK) 1990-2020
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Environmental Protection Agency. (February 2, 2022). Largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States from 2019 to 2021 (in tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States from 2019 to 2021 (in tons)." Chart. February 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2022). Largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States from 2019 to 2021 (in tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Largest Sulfur Dioxide (So2) Emissions from Power Plants in The United States from 2019 to 2021 (in Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency, Largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States from 2019 to 2021 (in tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Largest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from power plants in the United States from 2019 to 2021 (in tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, February 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248106/so2-most-polluting-power-plants-united-states/