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A US Non-Profit Aims to Reduce Emissions of a Super Climate Pollutant From Chemical Plants in China

Carbon credits for nitrous oxide reductions could fill a key gap in international agreements and government regulations. A former industry insider says it’s a “reward for bad behavior.”

By Phil McKenna

Ascend Performance Materials' adipic acid plant near Pensacola, Florida. Credit: Agya Aning
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 21, 2019 shows a night view of a factory of Petrochina Liaoyang Petrochemical Company in Liaoyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Credit: Yang Qing/Xinhua via Getty Images

Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide

By Phil McKenna

Shipping container trucks sit in traffic as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union strikes, putting a halt to most of the work at the busiest seaport complex in the nation on November 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Diesel Emissions in Major US Cities Disproportionately Harm Communities of Color, New Studies Confirm

By Kristoffer Tigue

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna

The Navoiyazot chemical plant in Navoiy, Uzbekistan uses a chemical reactor to eliminate 97 percent of its emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

A German Initiative Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant

By Phil McKenna

Linggas tanks have begun capturing and purifying waste nitrous oxide gas from the Henan Shenma Nylon Chemical Company in central China. Credit: Geng Xue, Linggas

A Chinese Chemical Company Captures and Reuses 6,000 Tons of a Super-Polluting Greenhouse Gas

By Phil McKenna, Lili Pike

Petrochina Liaoyang Petrochemical Company in Liaoyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Credit Yang Qing/Xinhua via Getty

‘Super-Pollutant’ Emitted by 11 Chinese Chemical Plants Could Equal a Climate Catastrophe

By PHIL MCKENNA, LILI PIKE, KATRINA NORTHROP

Runoff in a cropfield

Nitrous Oxide, a Greenhouse Gas, Now 3 Times Higher in Rivers

By Lisa Song

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