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"Which Power Companies Are The Worst Polluters?" [1]

"America’s climate change pollution comes from many sources: cars and trucks, power plants, farming operations, home-heating systems and even trees that burn in wildfires.

But in the power sector, 85% of emissions come from just 100 companies and public agencies.

That’s according to a new report from M.J. Bradley & Associates, written on behalf of several businesses and environmental nonprofits. The report shines a light on the country’s 100 largest electricity producers, adding up how much carbon dioxide and other pollutants were generated by each entity’s fleet of power plants in 2017."

Sammy Roth reports for the Los Angeles Times June 26, 2019, with graphics by Zach Levitt. [2]

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
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Source: LA Times [2], 06/27/2019
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/which-power-companies-are-worst-polluters [2] https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-power-companies-ranked-climate-change/#nt=oft-Double%20Chain~Flex%20Feature~double-chain-keep~pollution-1132a~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81