For the seventh consecutive year, the largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gases in the United States is a coal-fired power plant in Alabama. 🏭 Read about it:
, Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Jefferson County emitted more greenhouse gases than any other power plant, oil and gas refinery or factory in the country in 2021.
Plant Miller isn’t the largest coal plant in the country by total capacity, but Alabama Power media relations manager Alyson Tucker said the plant is atop the list because it is a large plant with long run times. Gases like CO2, methane and chlorofluorocarbons trap heat in the atmosphere, and have contributed to an increase in global temperatures of roughly 1 degree Celsius,Many utilities, including Southern Company, Alabama Power’s parent organization, have pledged to reduce carbon emissions in the future.
“What Plant Miller really represents is the new climate change denial: climate delay,” Whyte said via email. “Unfortunately, we cannot buy back time. The longer Plant Miller remains operational, the more irreparable damage it will wreak on the environment, the people and customers’ wallets.”
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