Top 5 Methane Polluters

2. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)

Methane emissions = 3,491,197 metric tons of CO2

Perhaps one of the best-known names at a global level, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which ranks second on our list of top 5 methane polluters, is a multinational oil and gas corporation that has its headquarters in Texas. Formed back in 1999, descending from Standard Oil Company, Exxon is the 8^th largest company in the world when it comes to revenue. It ranked 6^th on the Forbes 2000 list in 2014 and managed to be the second most profitable company in the same year.

Financially speaking, Exxon had a $268.88 billion revenue in 2014 and a net income of nearly $22 billion. Since we mentioned global warming higher up, it should be mentioned that Exxon puts quite a bit of money into lobbying for climate change denial, refusing to admit that global warming is caused, in part, by the burning of fossil fuels, which would, of course, impact the business.

Either way, Exxon’s methane emissions equaled 3.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and the burning of 18,592 railcars of coal.

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