U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2022 Data Publication
 

Contact Information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 5, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released 2022 greenhouse gas (GHG) data collected under the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). In 2022, reported emissions from large industrial sources were approximately 1% lower than in 2021. There has been an overall long-term decreasing trend in industry GHG emissions since 2011, primarily driven by a decrease in emissions from power plants to lower emissions inputs such as natural gas and renewables.

More than 8,100 industrial facilities reported greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 to EPA. The data show that in 2022:

• Power plants were the largest stationary source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with 1,332 facilities emitting approximately 1.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. Reported power plant emissions decreased by 0.8% between 2021 and 2022. There is a 28.7% decrease in emissions since 2011 reflecting the long-term shifts in power sector fuel-stock from coal to natural gas.
• Petroleum and natural gas systems were the second largest stationary source of emissions, reporting 316 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Reported emissions for 2022 were 1.2% higher than in 2021, and 14.2% higher than 2016. (2016 is the earliest year of comparable data for this sector, as new industry segments began reporting that year.)
• Reported direct emissions from other large sources in the industrial and waste sectors were a combined 793 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, down 1.8% from 2021, and down 9.3% since 2011.

EPA will be holding an informational webinar to demonstrate its internet-based greenhouse gas data publication tools, including new features and a tutorial on common searches, on October 18, 2023.

This is the thirteenth year of data collection for most sectors under the GHGRP. As directed by Congress, EPA collects annual, facility-level emissions data from major industrial sources, including power plants, oil and gas production, iron and steel mills, and landfills. GHGRP also collects activity data from upstream fossil fuel and industrial gas suppliers. More than 8,100 direct emitters and suppliers report GHG data to GHGRP.   

A complete accounting of total U.S. GHG emissions is available through a separate EPA report, the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks.   

To view the new data directly in FLIGHT, see: https://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do 

To learn more about climate change, see: www.epa.gov/climatechange

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