Southern Company
Rank among all TRI companies: 525
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 2,678,154
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 30,503
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 40%
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This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse Suppliers 100 list .
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Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi
890
0
43,000,000
6,888,600,000
11,085
36.34%
14.1%
32.5%
40.7%
28.9%
7.4%
Arsenic compounds
230
0
15,000,000
3,450,000,000
6,412
21.02%
13.1%
31.2%
38.0%
25.2%
8.1%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
989,805
0
3,500
3,464,317,500
6,247
20.48%
13.5%
32.2%
40.4%
26.8%
8.7%
Cobalt compounds
98
0
17,000,000
1,666,000,000
3,692
12.10%
13.5%
32.0%
41.6%
29.1%
8.1%
Nickel compounds
1,330
0
930,000
1,236,900,000
1,499
4.91%
14.9%
33.5%
41.0%
30.1%
6.7%
Formaldehyde
41,000
0
46,000
1,886,000,000
1,344
4.41%
19.2%
39.2%
43.9%
36.6%
2.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
1,454,540
0
7
10,181,780
70
0.23%
13.9%
31.3%
55.3%
35.4%
11.4%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
83,545
0
250
20,886,250
36
0.12%
14.5%
33.1%
41.4%
30.2%
6.9%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
3,650
0
7,000
25,550,000
34
0.11%
16.1%
34.8%
42.6%
33.8%
4.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
87,405
0
180
15,732,900
27
0.09%
13.9%
32.3%
40.0%
27.9%
7.7%
Lead compounds
1,142
0
23,000
26,256,800
22
0.07%
15.7%
34.6%
40.4%
29.3%
6.9%
Manganese compounds
1,774
0
12,000
21,288,000
21
0.07%
15.9%
34.7%
41.3%
31.4%
5.9%
Mercury compounds
210
0
12,000
2,523,600
4
0.01%
15.0%
33.7%
41.5%
30.6%
6.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
4
0
390,000
1,716,000
2
0.01%
11.4%
30.3%
34.4%
18.8%
10.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom
855
0
1,500
1,282,500
2
0.01%
14.9%
33.5%
41.3%
30.6%
6.5%
Zinc compounds
9,983
0
100
998,300
2
0.01%
15.0%
33.8%
40.6%
29.3%
6.8%
Thallium compounds
45
0
14,000
630,000
1
0.00%
16.0%
34.6%
45.0%
37.3%
4.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like
0
0
1,400,000,000
706,580
1
0.00%
16.0%
35.0%
41.2%
30.7%
6.4%
Vanadium compounds
1,088
0
140
152,320
0
0.00%
14.8%
33.4%
40.4%
28.9%
7.0%
Selenium compounds
560
0
180
100,800
0
0.00%
16.3%
35.2%
45.8%
38.3%
4.0%
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