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Nylon Plant Super Pollutants

Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?

EPA’s annual greenhouse gas report for large emitters show some facilities slashed their emissions while others polluted more than ever.

By Phil McKenna

The U.S. Steel Corporation Gary Works, Tennessee St. gate, in Gary, Indiana, in September. The Gary Works was the largest greenhouse gas emitting iron and steel plant in the U.S. in 2022 with 10.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Credit: Vincent D. Johnson / for Inside Climate News
Ascend Performance Materials' adipic acid plant near Pensacola, Florida. Credit: Agya Aning

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

By Phil McKenna

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

Steam rises from Alabama Power’s coal-fired Miller power pant in Adamsville. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Who Were the Worst Climate Polluters in the US in 2021?

By Phil McKenna

A Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Its Pledge to Cut Emissions of a Potent Greenhouse Gas

By Phil McKenna

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

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

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