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Every large industrial plant in two public registers, each set against its peers.

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What it shows

Every large industrial plant in two public registers, each set against its peers. In Europe, the 6,947 installations of the EU Emissions Trading System: verified CO2 against the free allowances they received, ranked inside their own industrial sector. In the United States, 21,727 EPA major facilities: quarters out of compliance and penalties, ranked nationally. Search a plant by name or open the ones near you.

Where the data comes from

EU Transaction Log (Union Registry) via euets.info, 2023 compliance year; US EPA ECHO Exporter (Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and RCRA records).

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Red dots are in the top third of their peers, amber in the middle, green in the bottom 40%; a bigger dot is a higher percentile.

Units Percentile 0-100 against peers: EU on verified CO2 per free allowance within the NACE sector; US on quarters in non-compliance (last 12) and penalties (last 5 years).

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