Southern Company

Rank among all TRI companies: 528
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 3,652,226
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 34,217
EJ: Poor Share: 13%
EJ: Minority Share: 42%

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This company is rank 50 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list.
This company is rank 27 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list.

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)	899	0	10,290	30.07%	12.8%	42.4%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	1,392,605	0	7,872	23.01%	12.3%	42.5%
Cobalt compounds	313	0	7,306	21.35%	14.2%	43.1%
Arsenic compounds	205	0	5,700	16.66%	11.4%	40.5%
Nickel compounds	1,450	0	1,448	4.23%	13.8%	42.5%
Formaldehyde	41,000	0	1,292	3.78%	17.5%	44.2%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)	2,002,450	0	114	0.33%	11.4%	48.7%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	125,105	0	56	0.16%	14.8%	42.8%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	3,429	0	30	0.09%	15.5%	43.6%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	70,705	0	30	0.09%	13.5%	42.9%
Vanadium compounds	1,186	0	24	0.07%	13.8%	41.9%
Lead compounds	1,342	0	23	0.07%	14.6%	41.9%
Manganese compounds	1,869	0	19	0.06%	14.8%	42.2%
Mercury compounds	286	0	5	0.02%	14.6%	43.6%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	5	0	2	0.01%	9.6%	37.5%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	928	0	2	0.01%	14.1%	42.8%
Zinc compounds	8,326	0	1	0.00%	13.2%	42.6%
Thallium compounds	57	0	1	0.00%	15.7%	46.4%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)	0	0	1	0.00%	15.0%	42.8%
Naphthalene	13	0	0	0.00%	17.8%	32.7%
Styrene	53	0	0	0.00%	7.7%	22.9%

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