Inventory of US greenhouse gas emissions and sinks: 1990-2004

Technical Report · Sat Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:20772461

The document provides information on greenhouse gas sources and sinks and estimates of emissions and removals for the United States for 1990-2000 as well as the methods used to calculate these estimates and the uncertainties associated with them. Emissions are given by gas and source category, the latter groups being energy, industrial processes, solvent use, agriculture, land-use change and forestry, and waste. Annexes provide additional information on methodologies for estimating emissions from various sources, global warming potentials, ozone depleting substance emissions, sulphur dioxide emissions and IPCC reference approach for estimating CO{sub 2} emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The report found that US emissions rose by 15.8% from 1990 to 2004 and spiked almost 2% in 2004. CO{sub 2} makes up the bulk of GHGs, and most is released by energy producers, followed by transportation and industrial sources. However, EPA calculates that the country's global warming potential decreased because the economy grew. 7 annexes.

• Research Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Atmospheric Programs
• OSTI ID: 20772461
• Report Number(s): EPA-430-R-06-002; TRN: 000900175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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