PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index (2019 Report, Based on 2017 Data)

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Greenhouse 100 Rank	Parent corporation or entity	2017 Emissions (CO2 equivalent metric tons)	Percentage of 2017 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from all sources	EJ: Poor	EJ: Minority	% of CO2 equivalent emissions from a single facility	Industrial Sectors
1	Vistra Energy	139,477,048	2.2%	13%	35%	10%	Power Plants
2	Southern Company	98,547,185	1.5%	16%	44%	21%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other, Chemicals
3	Duke Energy	98,003,594	1.5%	15%	28%	17%	Power Plants, Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Waste
4	Berkshire Hathaway	76,462,070	1.2%	15%	36%	16%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Minerals, Metals, Other, Chemicals
5	American Electric Power	68,135,192	1.1%	16%	19%	20%	Power Plants, Other
6	NRG Energy	60,414,623	0.9%	11%	53%	25%	Power Plants, Other
7	U.S. Government	55,243,323	0.9%	17%	42%	17%	Power Plants, Other, Waste, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Chemicals
8	Xcel Energy	50,470,381	0.8%	14%	40%	25%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
9	FirstEnergy	40,900,043	0.6%	17%	11%	30%	Power Plants, Other
10	Calpine	38,140,422	0.6%	16%	65%	10%	Power Plants
11	Exxon Mobil	36,754,879	0.6%	16%	54%	26%	Refineries, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Power Plants, Chemicals, Other
20	WEC Energy Group	29,299,248	0.5%	13%	32%	26%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
19	Ameren	30,114,577	0.5%	10%	24%	51%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
18	PPL Corp.	30,278,432	0.5%	16%	21%	36%	Power Plants, Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
17	DTE Energy	31,642,519	0.5%	21%	32%	49%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Metals
16	Marathon Petroleum	32,082,163	0.5%	17%	70%	22%	Refineries, Power Plants, Chemicals, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
15	Entergy	33,657,207	0.5%	19%	51%	25%	Power Plants, Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
14	Dominion Energy	33,860,181	0.5%	14%	44%	20%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
13	Evergy Inc.	34,446,006	0.5%	17%	34%	33%	Power Plants, Other
12	NextEra Energy	35,029,723	0.5%	16%	56%	21%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
25	Valero Energy	23,286,227	0.4%	18%	70%	13%	Refineries, Chemicals, Other
24	Phillips 66	23,442,319	0.4%	15%	66%	13%	Refineries, Power Plants, Chemicals, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Waste
23	AES Corp.	23,762,637	0.4%	18%	61%	42%	Power Plants
22	Koch Industries	25,047,417	0.4%	14%	45%	16%	Chemicals, Pulp and Paper, Refineries, Other, Waste, Minerals
21	ArcelorMittal	27,673,735	0.4%	23%	62%	37%	Metals, Minerals, Other
35	Riverstone Holdings	16,274,356		14%	39%	26%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Refineries
34	Alliant Energy	16,661,216		10%	15%	42%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
33	CMS Energy	17,115,019		24%	48%	45%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
32	DowDuPont	17,672,233		18%	49%	20%	Chemicals, Power Plants, Other, Waste, Metals, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
31	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	18,353,204		10%	11%	37%	Power Plants, Chemicals, Minerals, Other
30	CF Industries	19,025,892		14%	42%	46%	Chemicals
29	LS Power	19,634,571		19%	65%	31%	Power Plants
28	United States Steel	19,770,733		23%	47%	47%	Metals, Waste, Other
27	Chevron	19,862,714		15%	66%	23%	Refineries, Chemicals, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Power Plants, Waste, Other
26	Royal Dutch Shell	22,515,869		15%	64%	18%	Refineries, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Chemicals, Other
61	Keystone Generating Station (single power plant)	11,148,894		13%	6%	100%	Power Plants
60	Murray Energy	11,232,852		16%	4%	20%	Other
59	Laramie River (single power plant)	11,295,360		11%	13%	100%	Power Plants
58	LafargeHolcim	11,365,416		12%	41%	25%	Minerals
57	NiSource Inc	11,386,012		15%	27%	52%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
56	Williams Companies	11,628,532		11%	36%	16%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
55	PBF Energy	11,685,562		18%	67%	31%	Refineries, Chemicals, Power Plants
62	Prairie State Generating	11,086,886		10%	4%	100%	Power Plants, Other
63	Scana	10,860,207		18%	46%	29%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
64	Conemaugh Generating Station (single power plant)	10,704,644		19%	10%	100%	Power Plants
65	Omaha Public Power District	10,642,307		17%	33%	80%	Power Plants
66	SK Capital Partners	10,404,068		14%	44%	81%	Chemicals, Other, Waste
67	Kinder Morgan	10,205,463		21%	71%	5%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Power Plants, Refineries, Other
68	Buckeye Power Co	10,147,111		15%	9%	99%	Power Plants
69	Republic Services	10,078,106		15%	56%	4%	Waste
70	Exelon	10,036,657		14%	43%	29%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
71	Pinnacle West Capital	9,810,563		25%	70%	62%	Power Plants, Other
54	Ohio Valley Electric	12,150,561		16%	6%	51%	Power Plants
53	Waste Management	12,161,639		14%	49%	3%	Waste
36	Associated Electric Cooperative Inc	15,973,608		19%	27%	50%	Power Plants
37	Plant Scherer (single power plant)	15,366,208		9%	24%	100%	Power Plants
38	OGE Energy	15,263,720		17%	40%	46%	Power Plants, Other
39	BP	15,185,278		20%	74%	31%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Refineries, Power Plants, Chemicals, Other
40	ArcLight Capital Partners	15,114,904		20%	66%	47%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Refineries
41	Navajo Generating Station (single power plant)	14,535,236		17%	59%	100%	Power Plants
42	Blackstone	14,363,085		22%	47%	49%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
43	Lower Colorado River Authority	14,295,987		10%	32%	83%	Power Plants, Other
44	Colstrip Power Plant (single power plant)	13,934,589		6%	32%	100%	Power Plants
45	Emera	13,729,526		15%	49%	43%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
52	Archer Daniels Midland	12,381,364		13%	19%	36%	Other, Pulp and Paper, Waste
51	Air Products & Chemicals	12,445,638		18%	68%	21%	Chemicals, Power Plants
50	Santee Cooper	12,521,102		22%	34%	68%	Power Plants
49	PNM Resources	12,651,415		18%	66%	97%	Power Plants, Other
48	San Antonio Public Service Board	12,839,604		19%	78%	47%	Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
47	Energy Transfer	12,988,450		17%	61%	16%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other, Power Plants
46	Macquarie	13,654,398		16%	54%	45%	Power Plants, Waste, Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
88	Allete	7,905,895		12%	6%	98%	Power Plants
89	Praxair	7,758,228		22%	71%	21%	Chemicals
90	Intermountain Power Agency	7,694,503		5%	5%	100%	Power Plants
91	LyondellBasell	7,602,442		19%	77%	26%	Chemicals, Refineries, Other
92	Entergy Independence Plant	7,306,406		25%	21%	100%	Power Plants
93	DCP Midstream Partners	7,130,543		15%	45%	18%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
94	East Kentucky Power Cooperative	6,994,857		20%	8%	91%	Power Plants, Other
95	Hilcorp Energy	6,928,281		22%	73%	32%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
96	WestRock	6,849,111		16%	39%	17%	Pulp and Paper, Waste
97	JM Stuart (single power plant)	6,833,336		22%	8%	100%	Power Plants
98	Ares Management	6,615,861		18%	62%	44%	Power Plants
99	AK Steel	6,598,290		20%	37%	67%	Metals, Waste
100	CRH PLC	6,587,197		10%	43%	17%	Minerals
87	Waste Connections Inc.	7,926,168		12%	34%	14%	Waste, Other
86	Chemours	7,963,965		19%	35%	65%	Chemicals, Waste
85	Salt River Project	8,136,193		14%	40%	57%	Power Plants, Other, Waste
73	Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association	9,608,337		11%	24%	84%	Power Plants
74	Great River Energy	9,102,374		6%	7%	90%	Power Plants, Waste
75	Consol Energy	8,991,597		10%	8%	27%	Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
76	Fortis	8,932,618		21%	53%	93%	Power Plants, Other, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems
77	Seminole Electric Cooperative	8,625,368		28%	38%	84%	Power Plants, Waste
78	HeidelbergCement	8,596,037		9%	41%	22%	Minerals
79	Occidental Petroleum	8,549,950		18%	69%	27%	Chemicals, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Power Plants, Other
80	Enterprise Products Partners	8,518,255		21%	73%	17%	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Chemicals
81	Panda Power Funds	8,444,241		10%	32%	27%	Power Plants
82	Nebraska Public Power District	8,417,710		9%	14%	89%	Power Plants, Other
83	Cemex	8,256,671		16%	63%	24%	Minerals
84	PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)	8,190,782		12%	44%	57%	Refineries, Chemicals
72	JEA	9,610,600		17%	52%	56%	Power Plants

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes).

This edition of the Greenhouse 100 ranks companies by C02-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions (including CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases, but not biogenic CO2) directly released by large facilities in the US in 2017.

Percentage of 2017 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from all sources: parent corporation or entity's percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including electric power, transportation, industrial, commercial, residential, and agricultural emissions, the total of which is 6,457 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents according to the 2017 U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. Source: US EPA.

Environmental Justice (EJ): Poor Share and Minority Share: Shares of the potential co-pollutants of combustion borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups. In the U.S. population, 13 percent live below the poverty line and 39 percent are members of minority racial/ethnic groups.
Sources: US EPA, US Census, and CTIP.

The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and sector information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Greenhouse 100. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.