Alabama coal plant again listed as top greenhouse gas emitter in the country
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Aerial photo of coal ash pond at Alabama Power s Miller Steam Plant in Jefferson County, Ala. (Photo by Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper; Flight by SouthWings)Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper
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Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. plant in Jefferson County is once again the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the country, according to an environmental policy non-profit organization.
According to the report, the Miller plant produced nearly 19 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 - equivalent to more than half of the electricity generated by all of the power plants in California.
US power sector emissions fell 38% in past 15 years, blowing past Obama climate targets: Report Print this article
The U.S. power sector has already slashed more emissions than what would have been required by the Obama administration’s climate mandate.
Between 2005 and 2020, the power sector has reduced emissions by 38% as utilities have retired old coal-fired plants and switched to cleaner-burning natural gas and, increasingly, wind and solar energy, according to a
report released Thursday by the Environmental Integrity Project based on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest emissions data.
That means the power sector blew past the goal set by the Obama administration’s centerpiece climate regulation, the Clean Power Plan, which would have required utilities to cut emissions 32% below 2005 levels by 2030.
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