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Super-Emitter of the most Damaging Greenhouse Gas found in Germany (industrydecarbonization.com)
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Solvay’s factory reported only 56 kilograms of SF₆ emissions for 2023 to Germany’s industrial emissions register. The scientist’s estimates are 500 times higher: around 30 tons. Its effect on the atmosphere is more than that of 700,000 tons of CO₂ due to the high global warming potential of SF₆, comparable to a coal-fired power plant.

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The Ministry also said that it is legally not possible to order a shutdown of the production facility. German law allows revoking the permit for a facility only if there is an immediate risk to human health or a significant immediate risk to the environment. While there is little doubt that greenhouse gases like SF₆ pose risks to the environment and human health, those are long-term.

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