Power plants and refineries had the highest average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021. That year, 1,326 power plant facilities in the U.S. emitted 1.59 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e), averaging 1.20 MtCO₂e per reporter.
Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Companies
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Environmental Protection Agency. (October 17, 2022). Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. October 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2022). Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Average Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Reporter in The United States in 2021, by Sector (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency, Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Average greenhouse gas emissions per reporter in the United States in 2021, by sector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, October 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/505823/average-direct-greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-facility-in-the-us-by-sector/