Middle Georgia Power Plant Remains Single Biggest U.S. Source of Greenhouse Gases, EPA Says
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Juliette’s Plant Scherer remains the largest single emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States, data released Thursday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows.
The four coal-fired generating units together generated an estimated 21.8 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions last year. Nearly all of that came from carbon dioxide emissions, though the plant also released methane and nitrous oxides equivalent to about 165,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Total emissions of greenhouse gases were down about 1 percent from the previous year.
Mark Williams, a spokesman for Georgia Power, said the plant’s large electrical generating capacity is the reason it generates so much carbon dioxide.
