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Exposure to sulfur dioxide emissions by coal power plants (coal PM 2.5) in the US was associated with 2.1 times greater mortality risk than exposure to PM 2.5 from all sources. [53] Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere had much lower concentrations due to being much less densely populated, with an estimated 90% of the human population in the north.
The legislation required payments of $5 per ton of CO 2 emitted from any stationary source emitting more than a million tons of carbon dioxide per year. [111] The only source of emissions fitting the criteria is an 850 megawatt coal-fired power plant then owned by Mirant Corporation.
Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 established the allowance market system known today as the Acid Rain Program. Initially targeting only sulfur dioxide, Title IV set a decreasing cap on total SO 2 emissions for each of the following several years, aiming to reduce overall emissions to 50% of 1980 levels.
Emissions attributed to specific power stations around the world, color-coded by type of fuel used at the station. Lower half focuses on Europe and Asia [1]. This article is a list of locations and entities by greenhouse gas emissions, i.e. the greenhouse gas emissions from companies, activities, and countries on Earth which cause climate change.
While coal continues to be China's largest power source, smokestack scrubbers now strip out most SO2 emissions. China's SO2 emissions had decreased from a 2006 peak of at nearly 26 million metric ...
sulfur dioxide emissions fell from 31 million tons to 15 million tons; particulate emissions fell by 80%; and; lead emissions fell by more than 98%. A 2020 paper reported that about half of air pollution and half of the resulting deaths are caused by emissions from outside a given state's boundaries, typically from prevailing winds moving west ...
Despite this complexity, data shows that emissions from sectors such as industry and transportation have decreased in line with overall reductions in air pollution. For example, between 1980 and 2019, carbon monoxide emissions fell by 75%, and sulfur dioxide emissions dropped by 92%. [35]
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use, [1] [2] as well as per capita [3] [4] and by area. [5] The state with the highest total carbon dioxide emissions is Texas and the lowest is Vermont. The state with the highest per capita carbon dioxide emissions is Wyoming and the lowest is New York.