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Gore launches new global fossil fuel emissions inventory of 70,000+ sites

Climate TRACE's inventory, based on a dataset of public emissions sources, found the top 500 individual sources of emissions worldwide represented less than 1% of total facilities but accounted for 14% of all emissions in 2021.

,   and  John Heilprin
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore addresses the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore addresses the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt (AN/U.N. Climate Change)

A global initiative led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore released the first inventory of site-specific facility sources of greenhouse gases around the planet showing 26 of the 50 biggest sources are oil and gas fields.

The inventory released on Wednesday covers carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions and lists 72,612 individual sites including power plants, steel mills, urban roads, and oil and gas fields. Together they are the top emissions sources for power, shipping, aviation, mining, waste and many other industries.

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