Louisville super-polluting chemical plant emits not 1, but 2 potent greenhouse gases By Phil McKenna and James Bruggers © James Bruggers/Inside Climate News The Chemours chemical plant in Louisville is the nation s largest emitter of the climate super-pollutant HFC-23, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Chemours Louisville Works emits a chemical feedstock and a separate gas byproduct that do more damage to the climate than 750,000 passenger vehicles far more than the Environmental Protection Agency’s main industrial greenhouse gas inventory indicates.
Chemours’ most harmful climate super-pollutant is the byproduct, hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23), a potent greenhouse gas that produces 12,400 times more warming than carbon dioxide, the main chemical compound responsible for climate change.
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Executives at Chemours promised at the White House in 2015 to try to abate the emissions. Now, they say it will take two more years.
March 9, 2021
Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant, located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of the photo, is the nation s largest emitter of the climate super-pollutant HFC-23, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Credit: Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal