459 facilities in the United States chemicals sector reported total greenhouse gas emissions of 186 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2022. Of this total, 179 MtCO₂e were produced by the non-fluorinated chemicals subsector, which consists of facilities that produce adipic acid, ammonia, hydrogen, nitric acid, petrochemicals, phosphoric acid, silicon carbide, titanium dioxide, and other non-fluorinated chemicals.
Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Characteristic
Fluorinated chemicals
Non-fluorinated chemicals
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Environmental Protection Agency. (October 15, 2023). Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. October 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Chemicals Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions in The United States from 2011 to 2022, by Subsector (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/
Environmental Protection Agency, Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Chemicals sector greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 2011 to 2022, by subsector (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, October 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/