In 2023, the production of petrochemicals accounted for some **** percent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the chemical industry in the United States, becoming the main contributing segment to the GHG emissions within the industry. Production of hydrogen ranked second, with a share of some ** percent of the emissions attributable to the chemical industry that year. By contrast, nitric acid production represented around *** percent of the GHG emissions from the chemical industry in the U.S.
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