Policy Planning to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2nd Edition
States Guidance Document: Policy Planning To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Second Edition (1998, EPA #230-B-98-002) is available in Acrobat 4.0 format (.pdf); the Acrobat reader is available free from Adobe Systems.
You may view or download the entire guidance document (789k pdf) or any of the individual report sections that follow.Table of Contents
Upfront – Title page and Table of Contents (13k)
Chapter 1– Introduction (34k)
Part I – Initiation of Climate Change Programs (127k)
Chapter 2 – Background on Climate Change Science and Policy
Chapter 3 – Measuring and Forecasting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Chapter 4 – Establishing Emissions Reduction Program Goals and Evaluative Criteria
Part II – Technical Approaches and Policy Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (348k)
Chapter 5 – Technical Approaches and Source-specific Policy Options
Chapter 6 – Cross-cutting Themes and Program Development
Part III – Program Development and State Action Plan Preparation (139k)
Chapter 7 – Climate Change Program Development
Chapter 8 – Analyzing Policy Options
Chapter 9 – Preparing the State Action Plan
Appendices – (140k)
A. Glossary
B. References
Appendix 1 – State Action Plans
Appendix 2 – Mockup of a State Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Improved Solid Waste Management Practices