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INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990 - 2000

Cover: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2000
(April 2002)
EPA 430-R-02-003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover (687 KB PDF)

Upfront (354 KB PDF) – includes title page, acknowledgments and preface.

Table of Contents (380 KB PDF) – full table of contents, and a list of tables and figures.

Changes in This Year's Inventory Report (430 KB PDF) – includes an overview of changes in this year's report – including historical data, methodology and other changes relative to the 1990-1999 report.

Executive Summary (528 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 (903 KB PDF) – includes an overview of trends, an introduction to climate change, a discussion of methodological issues and uncertainties associated with estimates.

Energy (650 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 (537 KB PDF) – addresses emissions from industrial processes not directly related to energy activities.

Solvent Use (368 KB PDF) – addresses emissions resulting from the use of solvents, primarily non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs).

Agriculture (678 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 (3.2 MB PDF) – addresses emissions and removals from forest and land-use change activities, primarily carbon dioxide.

Waste (418 KB PDF) – addresses emissions from waste management activities.

References (517 KB PDF)

Annexes (All Annexes, A-Z – 1.6mb) – Supplementary information, data tables, detailed emission calculations and methodological discussions.
    List of Annexes (17 KB PDF) – Supplementary information, data tables, detailed emission calculations and methodological discussions.

    Annex A (163 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CO2 from Fossil Fuel Combustion.

    Annex B (118 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Carbon Stored in Products from Non-Energy Uses of Fossil Fuels

    Annex C (147 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CH4, N2O, and Ambient Pollutants from Stationary Combustion.

    Annex D (110 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Emissions of CH4, N2O, and Ambient Pollutants from Mobile Combustion.

    Annex E (61 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CH4 Emissions from Coal Mining.

    Annex F (46 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CH4 Emissions from Natural Gas Systems.

    Annex G (45 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CH4 Emissions from Petroleum Systems.

    Annex H (51 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Combustion.

    Annex I (66 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Emissions from International Bunker Fuels used by the U.S. Military.

    Annex J (42 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating HFC, PFC, and SF6 Emissions from Substitution of Ozone Depleting Substances.

    Annex K (94 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Enteric Fermentation.

    Annex L (162 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CH4 and N2O Emissions from Manure Management.

    Annex M (97 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating N2>O Emissions from Agricultural Soil Management.

    Annex N (453 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CO2 Emissions and Sinks from Forest Carbon Stocks.

    Annex O (48 KB PDF) – Methodology for Estimating CH4 Emissions from Landfills.

    Annex P (209 KB PDF) – Key Source Analysis

    Annex Q (81 KB PDF) – Global Warming Potential Values.

    Annex R (48 KB PDF) – Ozone Depleting Substance Emissions.

    Annex S (39 KB PDF) – Sulfur Dioxide Emissions.

    Annex T (15 KB PDF) – Complete List of Source Categories.

    Annex U (101 KB PDF) – IPCC Reference Approach for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion.

    Annex V (68 KB PDF) – Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Excluded.

    Annex W (37 KB PDF) – Constants, Units, and Conversions.

    Annex X (17 KB PDF) – Abbreviations.

    Annex Y (29 KB PDF) – Chemical Symbols.

    Annex Z (161 KB PDF) – Glossary.

See the National Emissions section of the Global Warming Site for additional information on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

 

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