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State Ranking 6.  Carbon Dioxide Emissions by the Electric Power Industry, 2008

(metric tons)

 

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data Source

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(million metric tons)

  • legend color #1 > 100
  • legend color #2 75 - 100
  • legend color #3 25 - 75
  • legend color #4 < 25
  • legend color #5 NA

Additional State Rankings

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 Rank State Carbon Dioxide Emissions by the Electric Power Industry (metric tons)
1 Texas 252,055,209  
2 Ohio 128,758,069  
3 Indiana 124,295,100  
4 Pennsylvania 123,855,407  
5 Florida 120,968,735  
6 Illinois 105,765,973  
7 Kentucky 93,908,686  
8 Georgia 89,499,954  
9 West Virginia 84,471,755  
10 Alabama 82,917,421  
11 Missouri 77,144,453  
12 Michigan 77,086,215  
13 North Carolina 75,247,200  
14 California 62,543,565  
15 Tennessee 58,506,374  
16 Arizona 58,422,962  
17 Louisiana 54,603,162  
18 Oklahoma 53,145,319  
19 Wisconsin 49,310,268  
20 New York 47,092,408  
21 Wyoming 46,516,577  
22 Iowa 45,834,877  
23 South Carolina 42,490,369  
24 Colorado 41,479,729  
25 Virginia 41,355,324  
26 Utah 39,328,678  
27 Minnesota 37,497,891  
28 Kansas 37,065,160  
29 North Dakota 32,917,730  
30 New Mexico 30,663,903  
31 Arkansas 30,468,105  
32 Maryland 29,120,746  
33 Mississippi 25,878,510  
34 Nebraska 22,303,933  
35 Massachusetts 22,247,982  
36 Montana 20,225,552  
37 New Jersey 20,072,127  
38 Nevada 18,120,612  
39 Washington 13,622,035  
40 Oregon 10,793,283  
41 Connecticut 9,429,044  
42 Hawaii 9,045,661  
43 New Hampshire 6,777,318  
44 Delaware 6,589,379  
45 Maine 5,312,800  
46 Alaska 4,366,541  
47 South Dakota 4,011,168  
48 Rhode Island 2,987,521  
49 Idaho 1,014,966  
50 District of Columbia 69,856  
51 Vermont 7,098  
  U.S. Total: 2,477,212,710    

   NA = Not available. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.