Top GHG (Greenhouse Gas/Global Warming-related) Emitters in St
Louis Region
(St. Charles, St Louis, Franklin, & Jefferson, Counties, MO
& Madison & St Clair Counties, IL)
Source: EPA.
2014. “2014 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Large Facilities.”
http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do.
Accessed January 15, 2016.
These are working notes, compiled by Bret Gustafson, Dept.
of Anthropology, Washington University in St Louis
Comments or corrections to: gustafson@wustl.edu
Update Nov. 2016: 2015 Numbers are out (see link above). Washington University Medical School still churning out greenhouse gases, with over 35,000 metric tons of CO2 generated. Climate leadership? Or climate hall of shame?
Update Nov. 2016: 2015 Numbers are out (see link above). Washington University Medical School still churning out greenhouse gases, with over 35,000 metric tons of CO2 generated. Climate leadership? Or climate hall of shame?
2014 Figures, have to update this....
Facility
(click
for EPA emissions data page)
|
Parent Corporation
|
Industry type, fossil fuel used
|
Metric tons CO2e*
|
Primary GHG[1]
|
Location
|
Ameren
|
Electricity
(coal)
|
13,653,601
|
CO2
|
Labadie,
MO
|
|
Dynegy
|
Electricity
(coal, fuel oil)
|
11,457,114
|
CO2
|
Baldwin,
IL
|
|
Ameren
|
Electricity
(coal, fuel oil)
|
6,723,732
|
CO2
|
Festus,
MO
|
|
Ameren
|
Electricity
(coal)
|
5,263,203
|
CO2
|
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Ameren
|
Electricity
(coal)
|
4,720,464
|
CO2
|
West
Alton, MO
|
|
Cenovus,
Phillips 66
|
Refinery
(oil) tar sands oil
|
4,355,584
|
CO2
|
Wood
River, IL
|
|
US
Steel
|
Steel
Industry (gas, coke/coal)
|
3,663,506
|
CO2
|
Granite
City, IL
|
|
Dynegy
|
Electricity
(coal)
|
3,053,222
|
CO2
|
Alton,
IL
|
|
Buzzi
Unicem
|
Cement
Industry (gas)
|
1,742,903
|
CO2
|
East
Alton, IL
|
|
Suncoke
|
Coal
Processing (gas, propane)
|
528945
|
CO2
|
Granite
City, IL
|
|
A-B
Inbev
|
Beer
industry (coal, gas, fuel oil)
|
199633
|
CO2
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
Republic
Services
|
Waste
|
175443
|
Methane
|
Roxana,
IL
|
|
Abengoa
(Spain)
|
Ethanol
production (gas)
|
160691
|
CO2
|
Madison,
IL
|
|
Progressive
Waste Solutions
|
Waste
|
159451
|
Methane
|
Maryland
Heights, MO
|
|
Waste
Management Inc
|
Waste
& Recycling (gas, landfill gas)
|
144,255
|
Methane,
BioC02
|
East
St. Louis, IL
|
|
Laclede
|
Natural
gas distribution (gas)
|
123352
|
Methane
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
GM
|
Auto
Industry (coal, gas)
|
96275
|
CO2
|
Wentzville,
MO
|
|
Center
Ethanol
|
Ethanol
production (gas)
|
92201
|
CO2
|
Sauget,
IL
|
|
Veolia
|
Electricity
(fuel oil, gas)
|
66643
|
CO2
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
Ardagh
Holdings
|
Glass
Industry (gas)
|
65943
|
CO2
|
Pevely,
MO
|
|
Waste
Mgnt, Inc
|
Waste
|
65287
|
Methane
|
Marissa,
IL
|
|
Alton
Steel, INC
|
Steel
industry (gas)
|
59393
|
CO2
|
Alton,
IL
|
|
Afton Chemical Company
|
Newmarket
|
Chemical
(gas)
|
50471
|
CO2
|
|
Republic
Services
|
Waste
|
45729
|
Methane
|
Bridgeton,
MO
|
|
Mallinckrodt
|
Chemical
(gas)
|
42156
|
CO2
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
WUSTL |
Hospital Complex (gas -fired)
|
36220
|
CO2 |
St Louis, MO |
|
Global
Brass & Copper
|
Metal
fabrication (gas) (ammunition, automotive, electrical)
|
34096
|
CO2
|
East
Alton, IL
|
|
Boeing
|
Aircraft
Industry (fuel oil, gas)
|
30699
|
CO2
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
Olin
|
Ammunition
(fuel oil, natural gas, propane)
|
25955
|
CO2
|
East
Alton, IL
|
|
Amsted
|
Railway
industry (gas)
|
24471
|
CO2
|
Granite
City, IL
|
|
Ameren
|
Electricity
(gas)
|
21437
|
CO2
|
Venice,
IL
|
|
PQ Corp
|
Chemical
industry (gas)
|
18184
|
CO2
|
St
Louis, MO
|
|
Ameren
|
Gas
distribution-related
|
13413
|
Methane
|
St
Louis, MO
|
[1] Nearly all facilities emit
a combination of CO2, Methane, and N2O (nitrous oxide). Bio Co 2 refers to
biogenic CO2. For details see each facility page. I include here those with
>10,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year, as of 2014.
[2] Baldwin Energy Complex: Dynegy; Sourcewatch
page.
[3] Wood River
Refinery/ConocoPhillips (Phillips 66) Refinery: http://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining/Pages/Wood-River-Refinery.aspx.
Cenovus Energy is a Canadian tar sands company: http://www.cenovus.com.
Cenovus board: http://www.cenovus.com/about/our-board-bios.html. EPA Fact sheet on Wood River community
relations (pollution) issues: http://www.epa.state.il.us/community-relations/fact-sheets/shell-environmental/site-history.pdf
[4] River Cement Co. (Buzzi
Unicem) http://www.buzziunicemusa.com/default.aspx.
MODNR information on pollution, hazardous waste permit, and remediation at this
site: http://dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/mod050232560/information.htm.
[5] Gateway Energy and Coke,
owned by Suncoke Facilities: http://www.suncoke.com/English/our-business/facilities/default.aspx.
Granite City fact sheet: http://s2.q4cdn.com/280787235/files/doc_downloads/facility_factsheets/FactSheet-Granite-City-Cokemaking-Operations.pdf. Information on coke-making (for steel
production): http://www.suncoke.com/English/about-us/default.aspx.
Long-term take or pay contracts with US Steel, Granite City: http://www.suncoke.com/English/our-business/coke-business/long-term-coke-contracts/default.aspx.
[6] Abengoa Bioenergy, a
Spanish multinational firm: http://www.abengoabioenergy.com/web/en/
[7] Trigen Ashley, owned
by Veolia, a French transnational firm with major interests in water
privatization and water utilities, owns a natural gas-powered plant downtown
that produces steam to heat various institutions in downtown core.
[8] Mallinckrodt’s MODNR
Hazardous Waste Permit information;
[10] Olin Corporation Winchester
Division: 2014
fire; 2010 conflict
with labor;
[11] Amsted Rail: http://www.amstedrail.com
[12] PQ Corporation: http://www.pqcorp.com
