TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇺🇸 USA
World rank #2 · North America · Same as 1.5 billion cars driven for a year
1.5 billion
cars driven for a year
6.9 Gt = gigatonne: one billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +1.7%/yr
USA ranks #2 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 6.9 Gt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.North AmericaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#2 of 250
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Top emitters here
57Alabama Power Co= 5.4M cars/yr24.8 Mt CO₂eNEW69Georgia-Pacific LLC= 5.6M cars/yr25.7 Mt CO₂eNEW100Georgia Power Co= 4.3M cars/yr20 Mt CO₂eNEW111Cleveland-Cliffs Inc= 4.2M cars/yr19.1 Mt CO₂eNEW137Luminant Generation Company LLC= 4.6M cars/yr21.2 Mt CO₂eNEW
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196Kentucky Utilities Co= 2.9M cars/yr13.1 Mt CO₂eNEW212Union Electric Co= 3.1M cars/yr14.2 Mt CO₂eNEW238DTE Electric Co= 2.9M cars/yr13.3 Mt CO₂eNEW241Appalachian Power Co= 2.4M cars/yr10.8 Mt CO₂eNEW252United States Steel Corp= 2.2M cars/yr10.3 Mt CO₂eNEW253Duke Energy Indiana LLC= 2.2M cars/yr10.3 Mt CO₂eNEW290South Carolina Public Service Authority= 1.9M cars/yr8.6 Mt CO₂eNEW291Monongahela Power Co= 2.3M cars/yr10.7 Mt CO₂eNEW295Florida Power & Light Co= 2.1M cars/yr9.6 Mt CO₂eNEW300Tennessee Valley Authority= 2.1M cars/yr9.8 Mt CO₂eNEW311Consumers Energy Co= 1.8M cars/yr8.3 Mt CO₂eNEW322Lightstone Generation LLC= 2M cars/yr9.3 Mt CO₂eNEW325Rainbow Energy Center LLC= 1.8M cars/yr8.4 Mt CO₂eNEW363Duke Energy Progress LLC= 1.7M cars/yr7.9 Mt CO₂eNEW378Marathon Petroleum Corp= 1.5M cars/yr7.1 Mt CO₂eNEW384East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc= 1.7M cars/yr7.9 Mt CO₂eNEW413Indiana Michigan Power Co= 1.6M cars/yr7.5 Mt CO₂eNEW415Louisville Gas & Electric Co= 1.5M cars/yr6.8 Mt CO₂eNEW427Buckeye Power Inc= 1.5M cars/yr6.9 Mt CO₂eNEW450NRG Texas Power LLC= 2.3M cars/yr10.7 Mt CO₂eNEW464Duke Energy Florida LLC= 1.4M cars/yr6.5 Mt CO₂eNEW479Nebraska Public Power District= 1.4M cars/yr6.5 Mt CO₂eNEW490City of San Antonio (Texas)= 1.3M cars/yr6.1 Mt CO₂eNEW507Omaha Public Power District= 1.3M cars/yr6.1 Mt CO₂eNEW527Illinois Municipal Elec Agency= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eNEW528Indiana Municipal Power Agency= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eNEW620Salt River Project= 1.3M cars/yr5.9 Mt CO₂eNEW712Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission= 625k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW713Prairie Power Inc= 625k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW730Lower Colorado River Authority= 785k cars/yr3.6 Mt CO₂eNEW731Austin Energy Corp= 785k cars/yr3.6 Mt CO₂eNEW741Mississippi Power Co= 669k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW765Tucson Electric Power Co= 663k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW793Public Service Company of New Mexico= 619k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW794Arizona Public Service Co= 619k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW809Idaho Power Co= 667k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW845MidAmerican Energy Co= 474k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW846Central Iowa Power Cooperative= 474k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW847Lincoln Electric System= 474k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW888Xcel Energy Inc= 672k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW889Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency= 672k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW918Oglethorpe Power Corp= 654k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW919Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia= 654k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW995Basin Electric Power Cooperative= 502k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW996Missouri River Energy Services= 502k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spraberry Lower Light Oil TX | Fossil Fuels | 68.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Marcellus Dry Gas PA | Fossil Fuels | 47 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Marcellus Dry Gas PA | Fossil Fuels | 41 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Los Angeles County | Transport | 38.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Bakken Light Oil ND | Fossil Fuels | 34.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Alaska North Slope Wet Gas AK | Fossil Fuels | 27.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Alaska North Slope Wet Gas AK | Fossil Fuels | 27.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Spraberry Lower Wet Gas TX | Fossil Fuels | 25.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Georgia Pacific - Brewton - AL | Manufacturing | 25.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Maricopa County | Transport | 24.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Harris County | Transport | 24.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Haynesville-Bossier Dry Gas LA | Fossil Fuels | 22.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Bone Spring Light Oil NM | Fossil Fuels | 21.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Haynesville-Bossier Dry Gas LA | Fossil Fuels | 19.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Wolfcamp Ultra-Light Oil NM | Fossil Fuels | 19.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population