In the United States, the main greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted by the chemical industry is carbon dioxide. In 2021, carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. chemical industry amounted to some 163.6 million metric tons, or more than 87 percent of the industry's total GHG emissions. Next were nitrous oxide emissions, at 16.4 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent (MtCO₂eq). Emissions of fluorinated GHGs and methane amounted to 6.1 and 0.3 MtCO₂eq, respectively, that year.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (October 17, 2022). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. October 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2022). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Greenhouse Gas (Ghg) Emissions from The Chemical Industry in The United States in 2021, by Gas (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States in 2021, by gas (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, October 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323353/chemical-industry-ghg-emissions-by-gas-united-states/