Section 2: Air Releases

Air Releases by Sector

The three sectors with the greatest releases to air in 2013 are electric utilities, chemicals, and paper, as shown in this figure. Together, these three industries accounted for almost 70% of total air releases. Air releases by the electric utilities and chemicals sectors have increased slightly since 2012 (3% and 5%, respectively), while releases by the paper sector have decreased slightly (-1%). The chemical with the greatest air releases in 2013 was ammonia, followed by hydrochloric acid.

This page was published in January 2015 and uses the 2013 TRI National Analysis dataset made public in TRI Explorer in October 2014.