The Immortals
Greenhouse Gases That Live Forever
A class of highly potent and largely unregulated greenhouse gases released by the aluminum, chemical and electric power industries remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years. Once they are released, they are essentially permanent additions to the atmosphere. Simple measures like the use of best available emissions abatement technology and leak detection equipment could bring emissions of these “immortal” pollutants to near zero.
A 3M Plant in Illinois Was The Country’s Worst Emitter of a Climate-Killing ‘Immortal’ Chemical in 2021
The company was also sued this year by the state’s attorney general for discharging PFAS, contaminating groundwater and the Mississippi River. It says it will stop manufacturing and using PFAS in its products by 2025.
By Phil McKenna
Why Chinese Aluminum Producers Emit So Much of Some of the World’s Most Damaging Greenhouse Gases
By Phil McKenna, and Lili Pike, Grid China Reporter
Why American Aluminum Plants Emit Far More Climate Pollution Than Some of Their Counterparts Abroad
By Phil McKenna
Want to Help Reduce PFC Emissions? Recycle Those Cans
By Phil McKenna
Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities
By Phil McKenna
