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'Super-pollutant'emitted by 11 Chinese chemical plants could equal a climate catastrophe

from Inside Climate News

'Super-pollutant'emitted by 11 Chinese chemical plants could equal a climate catastrophe Inside Climate News In December 2007, Charles Perilloux, an American chemical engineer, traveled to China to help install inexpensive and game-changing technology at a Chinese chemical plant that was spewing a climate "super-pollutant" into the atmosphere. The emissions quickly fell to near zero. The state-owned Henan Shenma Nylon Chemical Company manufactures adipic acid, a key ingredient in nylon and polyurethane, which is used in everything from car parts to running shoes. While producing adipic acid, the factory emitted thousands of tons of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. READ MORE

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