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Rank in Greenhouse 100 Polluters: 2
2022 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 83,835,195
Percentage of national total 2022 GHGRP large fixed source emissions: 3.1%
Percentage of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including transportation and residential: 1.3%
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Power Plants, Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems, Other
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 50%

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This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.
This company has information in PERI's Toxic 100 Air Polluters database.
This company is rank 50 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.

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James H Miller Jr Quinton AL Power Plants 21,775,440 25.97% 31.1% 14.6%
Bowen CARTERSVILLE GA Power Plants 8,475,024 10.11% 25.8% 9.1%
Barry BUCKS AL Power Plants 6,925,641 8.26% 29.1% 12.1%
Jack McDonough SMYRNA GA Power Plants 6,690,615 7.98% 58.8% 12.9%
Daniel Electric Generating Plant ESCATAWPA MS Power Plants 6,018,792 7.18% 40.3% 16.5%
Plant H. Allen Franklin SMITHS AL Power Plants 4,426,980 5.28% 29.4% 11.0%
E C Gaston WILSONVILLE AL Power Plants 3,494,327 4.17% 18.5% 14.7%
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman MS Power Plants 3,411,686 4.07% 25.5% 14.3%
Wansley CC Franklin GA Power Plants 3,364,045 4.01% 20.3% 11.9%
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility RINCON GA Power Plants 3,032,996 3.62% 36.7% 9.0%
E B Harris Generating Plant AUTAUGAVILLE AL Power Plants 2,552,764 3.04% 30.2% 13.2%
Central Alabama Generating Station BILLINGSLEY AL Power Plants 1,850,637 2.21% 18.2% 23.8%
Plant Rowan County SALISBURY NC Power Plants 1,831,921 2.19% 38.0% 17.7%
David M Ratcliffe De Kalb MS Power Plants 1,587,902 1.89% 69.5% 27.9%
Watson Electric Generating Plant GULFPORT MS Power Plants 1,438,794 1.72% 41.3% 19.4%
Wansley (6052) FRANKLIN GA Power Plants 1,016,807 1.21% 20.4% 12.2%
Yates NEWNAN GA Power Plants 872,712 1.04% 34.4% 11.9%
Chevron Cogenerating Station PASCAGOULA MS Power Plants 806,768 0.96% 59.2% 23.5%
Greene County Forkland AL Power Plants 746,434 0.89% 64.3% 24.9%
Cleveland County Generating Facility Grover NC Power Plants 680,754 0.81% 24.7% 18.6%
Theodore Cogeneration Theodore AL Power Plants 594,117 0.71% 44.1% 19.0%
Washington County Cogen (Olin) McIntosh AL Power Plants 459,505 0.55% 58.8% 18.3%
Calhoun Generating Facility EASTABOGA AL Power Plants 291,609 0.35% 34.8% 19.9%
Edward L Addison Generating Plant THOMASTON GA Power Plants 228,708 0.27% 29.7% 18.9%
Dahlberg (Jackson County) NICHOLSON GA Power Plants 225,157 0.27% 39.2% 22.4%
Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta GA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 175,745 0.21% ** **
NICOR GAS NAPERVILLE IL Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 148,750 0.18% ** **
McIntosh (6124) RINCON GA Power Plants 82,816 0.10% 34.5% 9.3%
Southern Company Transmission and Distribution Atlanta GA Use of Electrical Equipment 60,480 0.07% ** **
Transmission Pipeline Facility, Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Houston TX Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines 109,036 0.07% 50% 75.2% 19.8%
SNG Station 5222 Enterprise, MS ENTERPRISE MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 101,211 0.06% 50% 29.4% 18.5%
Virginia Natural Gas Norfolk VA Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 48,960 0.06% ** **
Nicor Gas Ancona STREATOR IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 40,014 0.05% 16.8% 18.0%
Nicor Gas Troy Grove Mendota IL Underground Natural Gas Storage 33,384 0.04% 20.3% 10.8%
SNG Station 5216 Bay Springs, MS Bay Springs MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 66,154 0.04% 50% 43.5% 13.7%
SNG Station 5211 Gwinville, MS NEW HEBRON MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 60,310 0.04% 50% 53.9% 19.2%
SNG Station 5259 Auburn, AL Auburn AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 49,438 0.03% 50% 36.4% 22.7%
SNG Station 5272 Thomaston, GA Thomaston GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 45,383 0.03% 50% 46.2% 25.9%
SNG Station 5010 White Castle, LA WHITE CASTLE LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 41,677 0.02% 50% 47.5% 14.1%
SNG Station 5245 Selma, AL Selma AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 40,060 0.02% 50% 70.9% 29.3%
SNG Station 5230 York, AL Ward AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 38,336 0.02% 50% 70.8% 26.1%
Macon LNG Macon GA Other 19,049 0.02% 55.3% 24.6%
SNG Station 5236 Gallion, AL Gallion AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 35,105 0.02% 50% 62.8% 22.3%
SNG Station 4132 Louisville, MS Louisville MS Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 33,138 0.02% 50% 57.0% 29.1%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Other 16,264 0.02% 20.5% 6.4%
SNG Station 5277 Ocmulgee, GA MACON GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 31,259 0.02% 50% 62.2% 22.6%
SNG Station 4310 Muldon Storage, MS PRAIRIE MS Underground Natural Gas Storage 26,896 0.02% 50% 73.6% 29.4%
SNG Station 5110 Toca, LA ST. BERNARD LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 25,074 0.01% 50% 43.4% 20.1%
SNG Station 5122 Franklinton, LA FRANKLINTON LA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 21,350 0.01% 50% 32.7% 20.1%
SNG Station 4152 Tarrant, AL Tarrant AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 20,699 0.01% 50% 56.2% 18.4%
SNG Station 5267 Ellerslie, GA Ellerslie GA Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 20,333 0.01% 50% 46.5% 9.2%
SNG Station 4165 DeArmanville, AL Anniston AL Natural Gas Transmission/Compression 19,051 0.01% 50% 36.7% 17.3%
Chattanoga Gas Company Chattanooga TN Natural Gas Local Distribution Companies 7,852 0.01% ** **
Gadsden GADSDEN AL Power Plants 6,664 0.01% 27.0% 16.0%
Macon LNG Macon GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 1,325 0.00% 55.3% 24.6%
Cherokee LNG Ballground GA Liquefied Natural Gas Storage 798 0.00% 20.5% 6.4%
Sweatt Electric Generating Plant MERIDIAN MS Power Plants 702 0.00% 59.4% 28.4%

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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.

** This facility's emissions are nonlocal -- released in a widespread area. So it is not meaningful to look at the characteristics of the population living within 10 miles of the facility address for copollutant effects.

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