The US Government + Berkshire Hathaway "Pollute" More than Big Oil

I have no idea what impact, if any, greenhouse emissions have on the climate, but the politically correct crowd sure thinks they know (although hardly any of them can even tell you why fog forms over San Francisco--a much less complex environmental event.)  That said, it is quite interesting to note that the US government and crony billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are among the top "polluters."

The chart below shows calculations of "Geenhouse Pollution" according to Political Economy Research Institute at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index June 2013 release; based on 2011 data Links on company names lead to detailed company reports. Rank Parent corporation or entity 2011 emissions (CO2 equivalent metric tons) Percentage of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from all sources * Industrial sectors 1 American Electric Power 130,409,118 1.94% power plants, other 2 Duke Energy Corp 126,750,270 1.89% power plants, other, petroleum and natural gas systems, waste 3 Southern Co 118,092,746 1.76% power plants, other 4 U.S. Government 77,490,931 1.16% power plants, other, waste, chemicals 5 Berkshire Hathaway 70,790,868 1.06% power plants, minerals, chemicals, other, petroleum and natural gas systems 6 Ameren Corp 67,800,250 1.01% power plants 7 Luminant Generation Company LLC 61,984,066 0.92% power plants 8 FirstEnergy Generation Corp 53,247,501 0.79% power plants, other 9 AES Corp 51,104,120 0.76% power plants, other 10 Xcel Energy Inc 50,829,838 0.76% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 11 Dominion Resources Inc 44,072,686 0.66% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 12 NRG Energy Inc 43,800,733 0.65% power plants 13 Edison International 41,296,612 0.62% power plants, other 14 ExxonMobil Corp 39,052,958 0.58% refineries, petroleum and natural gas systems, power plants, chemicals, other 15 Calpine Corp 38,100,700 0.57% power plants 16 DTE Energy Co 37,846,329 0.56% power plants, metals, petroleum and natural gas systems 17 LG&E and KU Energy LLC 34,903,981 0.52% power plants, other, petroleum and natural gas systems 18 Entergy Corp 34,534,104 0.51% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems 19 BP America Inc 33,854,206 0.50% refineries, petroleum and natural gas systems, power plants, chemicals, other 20 Phillips 66 32,764,325 0.49% refineries, petroleum and natural gas systems, chemicals, power plants In May 2012, ConocoPhillips, previously ranked among the Greenhouse 100, separated its downstream business to create a new, publicly traded company known as Phillips 66.  In connection with this separation, downstream assets (such as refineries and terminals) and liabilities were transferred to Phillips 66. The assets listed are no longer owned or operated by ConocoPhillips. 21 Florida Power and Light Company 31,253,029 0.47% power plants 22 United States Steel Corp 29,633,687 0.44% metals, waste 23 Dynegy Inc 28,338,048 0.42% power plants 24 Genon Energy Inc 27,301,491 0.41% power plants 25 Great Plains Energy Inc 26,708,341 0.40% power plants, other 26 ArcelorMittal USA LLC 26,258,892 0.39% metals, other, minerals 27 Koch Industries Inc 24,373,922 0.36% chemicals, pulp and paper, refineries, waste, other, minerals 28 Valero Corp 23,086,589 0.34% refineries, chemicals, other, waste 29 OGE Energy Corp 22,634,272 0.34% power plants, other 30 Robert W Scherer Power Plant 22,067,841 0.33% power plants 31 Santee Cooper 21,505,044 0.32% power plants, other 32 Chevron Corp 21,433,977 0.32% refineries, petroleum and natural gas systems, chemicals, power plants, waste 33 Westar Energy Inc 20,923,722 0.31% power plants, other 34 Exelon Corp 20,446,962 0.30% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 35 CMS Energy Corp 19,877,958 0.30% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems 36 PPL Corp 19,144,057 0.29% power plants, other 37 waste Management Inc 17,122,206 0.26% waste, power plants 38 CPS Energy 17,074,454 0.25% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 39 Associated Electric Cooperative Inc 16,933,814 0.25% power plants 40 Navajo Generating Station 16,928,813 0.25% power plants 41 Wisconsin Electric Power Company 16,815,909 0.25% power plants 42 Shell Oil Co 15,925,660 0.24% refineries, petroleum and natural gas systems, chemicals 43 Northern Indiana Public Service Co 15,336,022 0.23% power plants 44 Dow Chemical Co 15,242,754 0.23% chemicals, power plants, waste, metals, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 45 TECO Energy 15,085,176 0.22% power plants, other 46 Colstrip Energy LP 14,466,710 0.22% power plants 47 SCANA Corp 14,080,193 0.21% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 48 IPR-GDF Suez North America Inc 14,038,842 0.21% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems 49 Ohio Valley Electric Corp 13,992,166 0.21% power plants 50 Basin Electric Power Cooperative 13,830,729 0.21% power plants, chemicals 51 Laramie River 13,608,004 0.20% power plants 52 Four Corners Steam Elec Station 13,246,273 0.20% power plants 53 Ascend Performance Materials LLC 12,876,777 0.19% chemicals, other, waste 54 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Co 12,568,024 0.19% other, pulp and paper, waste 55 Omaha Public Power District 12,541,774 0.19% power plants, other 56 Lousiana Generating LLC 12,458,754 0.19% power plants 57 Tri-State Generation & Transmission 12,209,583 0.18% power plants, other 58 Lower Colorado River Authority 12,083,177 0.18% power plants, other 59 Republic Services Inc 11,888,890 0.18% waste 60 Intermountain Power Agency 11,850,482 0.18% power plants, other 61 Alliant Energy Corp 11,835,678 0.18% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems 62 San Juan Generating Station 11,822,117 0.18% power plants 63 CF Industries Holdings Inc 11,719,857 0.17% chemicals 64 JEA 11,542,029 0.17% power plants, other 65 Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority 11,532,221 0.17% power plants, other 66 CONSOL Energy Inc 11,502,987 0.17% other 67 Unisource Energy Corp 11,401,082 0.17% power plants, other, petroleum and natural gas systems 68 East Kentucky Power Cooperative 11,389,274 0.17% power plants, other 69 Alcoa Inc 11,282,739 0.17% power plants, metals, petroleum and natural gas systems, other, waste 70 E I Du Pont De Nemours & Co 11,009,910 0.16% chemicals, power plants, other, waste 71 Nebraska Public Power District 10,925,137 0.16% power plants, other 72 Cleco Corp 10,912,797 0.16% power plants, other 73 Independence Power Plant 10,875,345 0.16% power plants 74 Air Products & chemicals Inc 10,870,171 0.16% chemicals, power plants 75 Big Rivers Electric Corp 10,792,804 0.16% power plants 76 Great River Energy 10,591,940 0.16% power plants, other, waste 77 Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Inc 10,566,296 0.16% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 78 Pinnacle West Capital Corp 10,451,875 0.16% power plants 79 Keystone Generating Station 10,391,728 0.15% power plants 80 Southwestern Energy Co 10,271,682 0.15% petroleum and natural gas systems 81 Occidental petroleum Corp 10,178,931 0.15% power plants, chemicals, petroleum and natural gas systems, other 82 Marathon petroleum Co LP 9,897,757 0.15% refineries 83 NV Energy 9,829,528 0.15% power plants, other 84 Conemaugh Generating Station 9,780,720 0.15% power plants 85 Allete Inc 9,706,645 0.14% power plants 86 Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc 9,039,874 0.13% power plants 87 Monongahela Power Company 8,643,856 0.13% power plants 88 Tenaska Energy 8,281,336 0.12% power plants 89 PDV Holding Inc (PDVSA) 7,936,959 0.12% refineries, chemicals 90 Hoosier Energy Rec Inc 7,886,926 0.12% power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems 91 Motiva Enterprises LLC 7,828,167 0.12% refineries, chemicals 92 AK Steel Corp 7,809,929 0.12% metals 93 Grand River Dam Authority 7,742,148 0.12% power plants, other 94 Pleasants Power Station 7,632,222 0.11% power plants 95 Salt River Project 7,597,117 0.11% power plants, other, waste 96 Carmeuse Lime Inc 7,497,233 0.11% minerals 97 Holcim (US) Inc 7,497,024 0.11% minerals 98 Buckeye Power Co 7,451,578 0.11% power plants 99 Calypso Energy Holdings LLC 7,394,016 0.11% power plants 100 Nextera Energy Inc 7,370,762 0.11% power plants, other * Percentages are the parent corporation or entity's percentage of all 2011 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including electric power, transportation, industrial, commercial, residential, and agricultural emissions, the total of which is 6,708.3 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents according to the draft 2011 U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The links from each parent name lead to an application that gives detailed facility and sector information about the company. You can also search for companies not on the Greenhouse 100. For more information on the data, see the technical notes.