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2007 Draft U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
DRAFT INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
AND SINKS: 1990-2005
(February 2007)
Per an announcement in the Federal Register (FR) [FRL-8281-2] (text, pdf - 2 pp., 55 kb), the draft 1990-2005 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory is now available for public comment. To ensure your comments are considered for the final version of the document, please submit your comments by March 29, 2007. Comments can be sent to Leif Hockstad (hockstad.leif@epa.gov) or Lisa Hanle (hanle.lisa@epa.gov). How to submit a comment.
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Read or download the entire Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005 (PDF, 453 pp., 24.1 MB). For faster access, individual report sections are posted below, for example the Executive Summary (PDF, 28 pp., 293 kb).
Individual sections of the draft report are also available for download:
Upfront - Includes title page, acknowledgments and preface. (PDF, 4 pp., 79 kb)
Table of Contents - Plus a list of tables and figures. (PDF, 14 pp., 124 kb)
Executive Summary - Provides a broad overview of all U.S. greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks, introduces key concepts and discusses the primary drivers for changes in emissions. All material in the Executive Summary is drawn from the following chapters. (PDF, 28 pp., 293 kb)
Introduction (PDF, 18 pp., 232 kb) - Includes background information on greenhouse gas emission inventories, an introduction to climate change, a discussion of methodological issues and plans for QA/QC and an uncertainty analysis.
Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF, 39 pp., 921 kb) - Provides an overview of emission trends and discusses the primary drivers for changes in emissions.
Energy (PDF, 70 pp., 1.2 MB) - 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 (PDF, 69 pp., 496 kb) - Addresses emissions from industrial processes not directly related to energy activities.
Solvent Use (PDF, 6 pp., 104 kb) - Addresses emissions resulting from the use of solvents and evaporative emissions of greenhouse gases arising from other types of product use.
Agriculture (PDF, 40 pp., 14.7 MB) - Addresses anthropogenic emissions from agricultural activities (not including fuel combustion and sewage emissions, which are addressed in the Energy and Waste chapters).
Land-Use Change & Forestry (PDF, 59 pp., 6.4 MB) - Addresses emissions and removals from forest and land-use change activities, primarily carbon dioxide.
Waste (PDF, 17 pp., 192 kb) - Addresses emissions from waste management activities.
Other (PDF, 2 pp., 69 kb) - Addresses emissions from the "Other" IPCC sector.
Recalculations and Improvements (PDF, 4 pp., 165 kb) - Includes an overview of changes in this year's report, including historical data, methodology and other changes relative to the 1990-2003 report.
References (PDF, 83 pp., 372 kb)
All Annexes (PDF, 336 pp., 16.8 MB) - Supplementary information, data tables, detailed emission calculations and methodological discussions.
Annex Introduction and TOC (PDF, 2 pp., 157 kb)
Annex 1 (PDF, 15 pp., 344 kb) - Key Category Analysis.
Annex 2 (PDF, 79 pp., 767 kb) - Methodology and Data for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion:
Annex 3 (PDF, 180 pp., 15.6 MB) - Methodological Descriptions for Additional Source or Sink Categories:
Annex 4 (PDF, 10 pp., 289 kb) - IPCC Reference Approach for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion.
Annex 5 (PDF, 8 pp., 205 kb) - Assessment of the sources and sinks of greenhouse gas emissions excluded.
Annex 6 (PDF, 22 pp., 296 kb) - Additional Information.
Annex 7 (PDF, 20 pp., 389 kb) - Uncertainty.