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Rank in Greenhouse 100: 8
2018 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 44,371,477
Percentage of national total 2018 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 1.5%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 0.7%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 10%
EJ: Minority Share: 58%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 96 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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W A Parish THOMPSONS TX 14,620,769 32.95% 63.7% 6.1% 24,140
Limestone JEWETT TX 9,699,523 21.86% 26.6% 14.4% 515
Powerton PEKIN IL 5,306,606 11.96% 10.4% 13.1% 32
Big Cajun 2 NEW ROADS LA 4,773,731 10.76% 37.6% 15.8% 22
Waukegan WAUKEGAN IL 1,800,355 4.06% 55.2% 11.9% 33
Will County ROMEOVILLE IL 1,140,805 2.57% 37.5% 7.2% 155
Sunrise Power Company FELLOWS CA 1,008,956 2.27% 41.9% 28.5%
Cedar Bayou BAYTOWN TX 856,115 1.93% 58.9% 14.4%
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station LA PORTE TX 788,830 1.78% 61.2% 14.8%
Arthur Kill Staten Island NY 623,212 1.40% 57.2% 12.7%
MIDWAY-SUNSET COGENERATION CO. FELLOWS CA 543,339 1.22% 16.3% 22.8%
El Segundo EL SEGUNDO CA 485,609 1.09% 71.4% 15.1%
Joliet 29 JOLIET IL 386,636 0.87% 38.3% 8.8%
T H Wharton HOUSTON TX 293,905 0.66% 69.4% 15.2%
Indian River DAGSBORO DE 287,601 0.65% 20.9% 10.6% 4
Middletown MIDDLETOWN CT 273,900 0.62% 18.9% 6.2% 7
Cedar Bayou 4 ELDON TX 513,078 0.58% 50% 59.3% 14.7%
Cabrillo Power I Encina Power Station CARLSBAD CA 234,142 0.53% 45.1% 10.4%
Walnut Creek Energy LLC. City of Industry CA 203,111 0.46% 83.0% 11.3%
SAGUARO POWER COMPANY HENDERSON NV 349,084 0.39% 50% 53.0% 14.1%
Marsh Landing Generating Station Antioch CA 139,472 0.31% 64.3% 11.7%
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility Nipton CA 77,052 0.17% -- --
Montville UNCASVILLE CT 76,952 0.17% 30.1% 10.9% 0
Oswego Harbor Power OSWEGO NY 59,575 0.13% 9.6% 18.0% 0
Energy Center Omaha LLC OMAHA NE 56,182 0.13% 32.0% 13.7%
NRG Energy Center Dover DOVER DE 54,800 0.12% 41.7% 13.1%
Carlsbad Energy Center Project Carlsbad CA 49,697 0.11% 45.0% 10.4%
Greens Bayou HOUSTON TX 39,129 0.09% 88.5% 23.1%
Astoria Gas Turbine Power ASTORIA NY 29,577 0.07% 71.1% 18.7%
Long Beach Generating Station LONG BEACH CA 21,479 0.05% 73.9% 14.8%
Joliet 9 JOLIET IL 8,788 0.02% 38.3% 8.8%
NRG Dunkirk Power DUNKIRK NY 545 0.00% 21.0% 17.6%
Gregory Power Facility GREGORY TX 0 0.00% 49.7% 10.7%
Sam Bertron DEER PARK TX 0 0.00% 68.9% 15.5%

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* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies.

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