Please calculate the greenhouse gas emissions per year for all of the facilities listed in Ontario. You can assume that the greenhouse gas emissions factor for natural gas is 1.927 kgCO2eq/m3 and 0.031 kgCO2eq/kWh of electricity in Ontario

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