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)
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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 November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616006/ghg-emissions-emitted-by-chemical-facilities-in-the-us-by-chemical-type/
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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/
