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Greenhouse Gases

Soda ash firms flag their lower emissions

by Alex Scott
October 20, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 33

 

Solvay has stopped using coal and has deployed a regenerative thermal oxidation process at its soda ash facility in Green River, Wyoming. The firm says the moves will cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20% at the site and by 4% companywide compared with 2021 levels. Solvay mines trona—a raw material for soda ash—in Green River. Meanwhile, WE Soda says an independent certification has confirmed its claim that it is the soda ash maker with the lowest CO2 emissions.

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