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Rank in Greenhouse 100: 17
2020 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 25,614,626
Percentage of national total 2020 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 1.0%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 0.4%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants
EJ: Poor Share: 9%
EJ: Minority Share: 62%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 99 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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Greens Bayou HOUSTON TX 90,126 0.35% 88.9% 22.9%
Long Beach Generating Station LONG BEACH CA 30,923 0.12% 74.8% 13.1%
El Segundo EL SEGUNDO CA 191,058 0.75% 72.2% 13.3%
T H Wharton HOUSTON TX 519,702 2.03% 71.5% 14.5%
Astoria Gas Turbine Power ASTORIA NY 15,685 0.06% 71.1% 17.1%
W A Parish THOMPSONS TX 10,513,727 41.05% 65.8% 5.2% 16,359
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station LA PORTE TX 690,069 2.69% 63.3% 14.7%
Cedar Bayou 4 ELDON TX 695,363 1.36% 50% 60.6% 15.8%
Cedar Bayou BAYTOWN TX 1,106,807 4.32% 59.7% 15.4%
Arthur Kill Staten Island NY 547,912 2.14% 58.3% 11.4%
Waukegan WAUKEGAN IL 767,838 3.00% 56.8% 10.5% 11
SAGUARO POWER COMPANY HENDERSON NV 366,331 0.72% 50% 55.3% 13.3%
Gregory Power Facility GREGORY TX 240,924 0.94% 51.0% 13.6%
Sunrise Power Company FELLOWS CA 1,123,424 4.39% 47.3% 31.6%
Joliet 29 JOLIET IL 621,088 2.42% 39.3% 8.3%
Joliet 9 JOLIET IL 13,862 0.05% 39.3% 8.3%
Will County ROMEOVILLE IL 395,136 1.54% 38.9% 6.7% 48
MIDWAY-SUNSET COGENERATION CO. FELLOWS CA 385,858 1.51% 38.2% 21.1%
Montville UNCASVILLE CT 27,148 0.11% 30.8% 9.4%
Limestone JEWETT TX 6,128,526 23.93% 30.3% 14.6% 247
Middletown MIDDLETOWN CT 207,489 0.81% 20.5% 6.6% 4
Indian River DAGSBORO DE 150,720 0.59% 19.9% 9.8% 2
Powerton PEKIN IL 1,179,182 4.60% 10.3% 12.8% 4
Oswego Harbor Power OSWEGO NY 56,231 0.22% 9.5% 16.2% 0
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility Nipton CA 80,346 0.31% -- --

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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.

The Toxic Air score column shows the facility's total chronic human health air toxicity score if the facility also exists in the Toxic 100 Air database.

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