EPA's Global Climate Change Program. Program plan for methane emissions from landfills and other waste disposal facilities

Technical Report · Tue Mar 26 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5737817

Thorneloe, S A

The paper discusses a portion of EPA's global climate change program, a program plan for methane emissions from landfills and other waste disposal facilities. In response to concerns about global climate change, the U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has initiated an emissions and mitigation program. ORD's Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory (AEERL) has begun research on greenhouse gas emission estimation, biomass and methane utilization, tropospheric ozone, and evaluation of potential mitigation opportunities for emissions contributing to global climate change. The emissions program has begun to identify and quantify emission sources of greenhouse gases for anthropogenic sources including landfills, coal mines, natural gas production/distribution, cook stoves, and biomass burning. Development of enhanced emission estimates will improve the understanding of atmospheric chemistry and feedback effects, target mitigation opportunities, and ensure cost-effective mitigation strategies. The focus of the paper is on AEERL's research efforts on global landfill methane.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5737817
• Report Number(s): PB-91-182667/XAB; EPA--600/D-91/053
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
CLIMATES
CONTROL
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HYDROCARBONS
LAYERS
MANAGEMENT
METHANE
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OZONE LAYER
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VARIATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES