INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990 - 1996
(March 1998)
EPA 236-R-98-006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Upfront (121 KB PDF) — includes front and back cover pages, acknowledgments, full table of contents, and the list of tables and figures.
Executive Summary (173 KB PDF) — provides a broad overview of all U.S. greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks, introduces key concepts, and discusses the primary drivers for the growth in emissions. All material in the Executive Summary is drawn from the following chapters.
Introduction (107 KB PDF) — includes an overview, an introduction to climate change, a discussion of methodological issues and uncertainties associated with estimates, and addresses the changes in this report compared to previous reports.
Energy (197 KB PDF) — discusses and quantifies energy related emissions of all greenhouse gases resulting from stationary and mobile source activities including fuel combustion and fugitive fuel emissions.
Industrial Processes (188 KB PDF) — addresses by-product or fugitive emissions from industrial processes not directly related to energy activities such as fossil fuel combustion.
Solvent Use (34 KB PDF) — addresses emissions resulting from the use of solvents, primarily non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs).
Agriculture (139 KB PDF) — addresses anthropogenic emissions from agricultural activities (not including fuel combustion and sewage emissions, which are addressed, respectively, in the Energy and Waste chapters).
Land-Use Change & Forestry (74 KB PDF) — addresses emissions and removals from forest and land-use change activities, primarily carbon dioxide.
Waste (105 KB PDF) — addresses emissions from waste management activities.
References (89 KB PDF).
Annexes (330 KB PDF) — Supplementary information, data tables, detailed emission calculations and methodological discussions. (All Annexes, A-Q).
Annex A (55 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CO2 from Fossil Fuel Combustion.
Annex B (25 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CH4, N2O, and Criteria Pollutants from Stationary Sources.
Annex C (40 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CH4, N2O, and Criteria Pollutants from Mobile Sources.
Annex D (23 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Coal Mining.
Annex E (17 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Systems.
Annex F (14 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Petroleum Systems.
Annex G (12 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Enteric Fermentation.
Annex H (14 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Manure Management.
Annex I (15 KB PDF) — Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Landfills.
Annex J (6 KB PDF) — Global Warming Potentials.
Annex K (15 KB PDF) — Ozone Depleting Substance Emissions.
Annex L (11 KB PDF) — Sulfur Dioxide Emissions.
Annex M (9 KB PDF) — Complete List of Sources.
Annex N (100 KB PDF) — IPCC Reporting Tables.
Annex O (35 KB PDF) — IPCC Reference Approach for Estimating CO2 Emissions from fossil Fuel Combustion.
Annex P (9 KB PDF) — Preliminary 1997 Estimates of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks.
Annex Q (23 KB PDF) — Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Excluded.
See the National Emissions section of the Global Warming Site for additional information on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.