Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
GW record from 2021. In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. Compiled by UCS from Energy Information Administration data as of January 2023.
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